The Best American Sports Writing 2002Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system

Gregory consults scientific

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always with his carefully honed eye for detail and the subtle idiosyncrasies that bring his characters to life

those hot summer city nights when lonely men sit on their stoops or their fire escapes and stare at that endless parade of unattainable lovers

balancing intellect with sensibility

This is a novel about addiction and recovery

worthy of joining the pantheon of literary ecological writing

Spaghetti on the Wall

and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School

Except when she’s a mouse

she has ticked

A surprising and standout picture book from the acclaimed and bestselling creator of Red: A Crayon’s Story and Perfect Square