The Best American Essays 2013 (50 page)

M
ARAYA
C
ORNELL

Landslides,
Antioch Review
, Spring.

R
OGER
C
ONANT
C
RANSE

The Hearts and Minds Guys,
Raritan
, Fall.

P
AUL
C
RENSHAW

When the War Began,
War, Literature, and the Arts
, no. 24.

R
UTH
W. C
ROCKER

Sam’s Way,
Gettysburg Review
, Spring.

D
EBORAH
C
UMMINS

Names: Remaking the Calendar,
Under the Sun
, Summer.

C
HARLES
D’A
MBROSIO

True Believer,
Tin House
, no. 53.

J
IM
D
AMERON

All Ages Were Represented,
Missouri Review
, Summer.

M
EGHAN
D
AUM

Haterade,
The Believer
, January.

J
OHN
D
EBON

It’s Like When Your Mom Dies,
Concho River Review
, Spring.

J
ENNIFER
D
E
L
EON

The White Space,
Fourth Genre
, Spring.

S
USAN
D
ETWEILER

Under the Cloud,
Missouri Review
, Winter.

A
ILEEN
D
ILLANE

Jim, Across the Road,
New Hibernia Review
, Spring.

K
ENT
H. D
IXON

Sharkwalker,
Florida Review
, Summer.

C
HRIS
D
OMBROWSKI

Chance Baptisms,
Orion
, July/August.

J
OE
D
ONAVAN

Nonfiction Love,
Gold Man Review
, no. 1.

M
ARTHA
A
NDREWS
D
ONOVAN

Dangerous Archeology,
Hayden’s Ferry Review
, Spring/Summer.

M
ATT
D
ONOVAN

The House of Vettii,
Cutbank
, no. 77.

M
ARK
D
OSTERT

Shorties,
Ascent
, August 12.

J
ACQUELINE
D
OYLE

The Tyranny of Things,
South Dakota Review
, Spring.

R
EGINA
D
REXLER

Landslide,
Colorado Review
, Spring.

A
NDRE
D
UBUS
III

Writing & Publishing a Memoir: What in the Hell Have I Done?,
River Teeth
, Fall.

I
RINA
A
LEXANDRA
D
UMITRESCU

Tasting Texas,
Southwest Review
, vol. 97, no. 1.

L
ENA
D
UNHAM

First Love,
The New Yorker
, August 13 & 20.

M
EENAKSHI
G
IGI
D
URHAM

Hunger Pangs,
Iowa Review
, Fall.

G
EOFF
D
YER

Street View,
The Believer
, June.

M
ARK
E
DMUNDSON

Imagination: Powers and Perils,
Raritan
, Fall.

C. R
ONALD
E
DWARDS

The Coffin Handles Were Stalks of Wheat,
Post Road
, no. 22.

J
OHN
M. E
DWARDS

Who Is This Charlie Sands?,
Hack Writers
, March.

B
ARBARA
E
HRENREICH

The Animal Cure,
The Baffler
, no. 19.

S
UE
E
ISENFELD

North River Roux,
Deep Waters
, June.

J
OSEPH
E
PSTEIN

Old Age and Other Laughs,
Commentary
, March.

K
RISTINE
S. E
RVIN

Cleaving To,
Crab Orchard Review
, Winter/Spring.

B
ERNADETTE
E
SPOSITO

Speck of Light,
Conjunctions
, no. 58.

M
ATT
E
VANS

Burn All the Liars,
Morning News
, February 22.

A
NNE
F
ADIMAN

The World’s Most Southerly Periodical,
Harvard Review
, no. 43.

J
IM
F
AIRHALL

Nui Khe Revisited,
Crab Orchard Review
, Winter/Spring.

A
MANDA
M. F
AISON

A Place at the Table,
5280
, August.

A
NDREW
F
ARKAS

Somewhere Better Than This Place,
Florida Review
, Summer.

S
HAWN
F
AWSON

Belongings Of,
South Loop Review
, no. 14.

G
EORGE
F
EIFER

Okinawa 66 Years Later,
Collier’s
, February.

G
ARY
F
INCKE

Plant Voices,
Tampa Review
, nos. 43 & 44.

C
AROL
F
IRSTMAN

Liminal Scorpions,
Colorado Review
, Summer.

J
OHN
F
ISCHER

The Last Place You Ever Live,
Guernica
, September 17.

S
ETH
F
ISCHER

Notes from a Unicorn,
The Rumpus
, February 24.

R
YAN
F
LAHERTY

Craquelure,
Conjunctions
, no. 58.

P
ATRICIA
F
OSTER

The Red Chair,
Southern Humanities Review
, Fall.

P
ORTER
F
OX

The Glass Filter,
Poets & Writers
, September/October.

J
ONATHAN
F
RANZEN

A Rooting Interest,
The New Yorker
, February 13 & 20.

I
AN
F
RAZIER

A Farewell to Yarns,
Outside
, November.

B
ONITA
F
RIEDMAN

The Watcher,
Image
, no. 70.

M
ARY
F
UNK

Killdeer,
Oregon Quarterly
, Summer.

J. M
ALCOLM
G
ARCIA

What Happens After Sixteen Years in Prison,
McSweeney’s
, no. 41.

W
ILLIAM
G
ASS

Narrative Sentences,
Yale Review
, January.

A
TUL
G
AWANDE

Big Med,
The New Yorker
, August 13 & 20.

R
OXANE
G
AY

To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically,
Ninth Letter
, Fall/Winter.

D
IANA
H
UME
G
EORGE

On Denying Denial, a Meditation,
Chautauqua
, no. 9.

P
HILIP
G
ERARD

Indivisible,
Our State
, November.

D
AVID
G
ESSNER

Clappers,
Ecotone
, Spring.

S
ARAH
G
ILBERT

The Good Fight,
Oregon Humanities
, Summer.

A
ARON
G
ILBREATH

\’ra-di-kel\,
Hotel Amerika
, Spring.

A. A. G
ILL

Can This Wedding Be Saved?,
Vanity Fair
, September.

M
ALCOLM
G
LADWELL

Slackers,
The New Yorker
, July 30.

A
LBERT
G
OLDBARTH

The Hamza,
Boulevard
, Spring.

F
RANCISCO
G
OLDMAN

The Unresilient,
The Believer
, September.

C
AMILLE
G
OODISON

Twelve Days,
Relief
, Spring.

J
ESSE
G
OOLSBY

Waiting for Red Dawn,
Alaska Quarterly Review
, Fall/Winter.

A
DAM
G
OPNIK

The Caging of America,
The New Yorker
, January 30.

M
ARY
G
ORDON

The Taste of Almonds,
Ploughshares
, Fall.

S
ARAH
G
ORHAM

Sentimental à la Carte,
Alimentum
, no. 13, Winter.

T
ONY
G
ORRY

War Stories,
War, Literature, and the Arts
, no. 24.

M
AX
G
RAY

No Stranger,
Jelly Bucket
, no. 3.

A
INE
G
REANEY

Green Card,
Amoskeag
, Spring.

V
ICKY
G
RUT

Into the Valley,
Harvard Review
, no. 43.

A
ARON
G
WYN

Ostrander at the Door,
Missouri Review
, Summer.

P
AMELA
H
AAG

Death by Treacle,
American Scholar
, Spring.

D
ONALD
H
ALL

Out the Window,
The New Yorker
, January 23.

P
ATRICIA
H
AMPL

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Essays from the Edge,
American Scholar
, Spring.

J
EAN
H
ARPER

Colic,
Florida Review
, Winter.

S
TEPHEN
H
ARRIGAN

Where Is My Home?,
Texas Monthly
, March.

K
ATE
H
ARRIS

The Contours of Cold,
Cutbank
, no. 77.

S
TEVEN
H
ARVEY

The Open Door,
Hunger Mountain
, no. 17.

C
HRIS
H
EDGES

War Is Betrayal,
Boston Review
, July/August.

D
AISY
H
ERNANDEZ

Before Love, Memory,
Fourth Genre
, Fall.

P
ETER
H
ESSLER

Identity Parade,
The New Yorker
, May 21.

J
ENNIFER
B
OWEN
H
ICKS

Attention,
North American Review
, Summer.

G
RAHAM
H
ILLARD

Honor Bound,
Memphis
, September.

E
DWARD
H
OAGLAND

The Gravity of Falling,
American Scholar
, Winter.

A
DINA
H
OFFMAN

Imagining the Real,
Raritan
, Spring.

E
VA
H
OLLAND

Not an Ike and Tina Thing,
Vela Magazine
, March 6.

K
AREN
H
OLMBERG

Songs and Calls of the Human Species,
New England Review
, vol. 33, no. 1.