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# The Best American Essays Of The Century: A century of American life through its greatest essayists―Hemingway, MLK Jr., Baldwin, Didion, and Angelou―on politics and identity.

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This singular collection is nothing less than a political, spiritual, and intensely personal record of America’s tumultuous modern age, as experienced by our foremost critics, commentators, activists, and artists. Joyce Carol Oates has collected a group of works that are both intimate and important, essays that move from personal experience to larger significance without severing the connection between speaker and audience. From Ernest Hemingway covering bullfights in Pamplona to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” these essays fit, in the words of Joyce Carol Oates, “into a kind of mobile mosaic suggest[ing] where we’ve come from, and who we are, and where we are going.” Among those whose work is included are Mark Twain, John Muir, T. S. Eliot, Richard Wright, Vladimir Nabokov, James Baldwin, Tom Wolfe, Susan Sontag, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Joan Didion, Cynthia Ozick, Saul Bellow, Stephen Jay Gould, Edward Hoagland, and Annie Dillard.

Review: It gives an overview of the century - I liked the careful selection of the essays. I read it for enjoyment and knowledge.
Review: Gut. - Brauchte das Buch für die Uni und glücklicherweise war es schneller da als erwartet:) Manche Essays sind ganz interessant, andere schwer zu verstehen. Aber wer gerne englische Essays liest: nur zu;)

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| Best Sellers Rank | #810,572 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #548 in Science Fiction Anthologies #716 in Science Fiction Crime & Mystery #2,655 in Humorous Science Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 358 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It gives an overview of the century
*by V***G on 5 October 2021*

I liked the careful selection of the essays. I read it for enjoyment and knowledge.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gut.
*by C***. on 17 August 2013*

Brauchte das Buch für die Uni und glücklicherweise war es schneller da als erwartet:) Manche Essays sind ganz interessant, andere schwer zu verstehen. Aber wer gerne englische Essays liest: nur zu;)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent selection from the best writers in America
*by O***H on 7 September 2025*

Excellent compilation and variety of essays. The best collection I have come by so far! From Stickeen by John Muir to Corn Pone Opinions by Mark Twain, this is an excellent selection.

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