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<p><b>A collection of the year's best essays, selected by critically acclaimed author of <i>The Future Is History</i> and <i>How to Survive Totalitarianism</i> and <i>New York Times</i> columnist, M. Gessen.</b><br></p> <p>The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.</p> <p>M. Gessen, critically acclaimed essayist, <i>New York Times</i> columnist, and National Book Award winner, selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.</p>