A collection of the best creative nonfiction of the year includes entries by such authors as Roxanne Gay, Eduardo Galeano, Leslie Jamison, Julian Barnes, and Patricia Hampl.

Presents literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2012, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.

Readers of physical books leave traces: marginalia, slips of paper, fingerprints, highlighting, inscriptions. All books have histories, and libraries are not just collections of books and databases but a medium of long-distance communication with other writers and readers.

"This is an anthology of poetry and short prose about the Sonoran Desert that is organized in the manner of a field guide"--Provided by publisher.

"The attempt to understand the desires related to radical, risky acts like climbing to 29,028 feet as well as the everyday participation in and fascination with extreme lifestyles lays at the heart of this book and the extreme adventure narratives it studies. The American Adrenaline Narrative identifies and examines such stories' desiring natures and considers how perilous outdoor adventure tales, what the author terms "adrenaline narratives," simultaneously...

"Caitlin Flanagan's decade of celebrated reporting and commentary at The Atlantic spans an array of subjects-from cancer to fraternities, and abortion to scammers-but throughout, she sensitively asks one central question: What happens when we suppress our critical instincts and shut our ears to opposing opinions and competing facts? With poise, humor, and an analytical acumen unlike any other working journalist, this collection of deep reporting and...