Read The Best American Essays 2013 Online
Authors: Robert Atwan
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.