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Includes essays by Ted Conover, Andre Dubus III, Stanley Elkin, Louise Erdrich, Ian Frazier, Stephen Jay Gould, James A. McPherson, Cynthia Ozick, Paul Theroux, and John Updike.
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Robert Atwan.
Foreword
Page viii
Tracy Kidder.
Introduction
Page xi
Nicholson Baker.
Survival of the Fittest
Page 1
Ted Conover.
Trucking Through the AIDS Belt
Page 16
David Denby.
Does Homer Have Legs?
Page 57
Andre Dubus III.
Tracks and Ties
Page 85
Stanley Elkin.
Out of One’s Tree
Page 92
Louise Erdrich.
Skunk Dreams
Page 110
Ian Frazier.
The Frankest Interview Yet
Page 121
Darcy Frey.
The Last Shot
Page 124
Adam Gopnik.
Death in Venice
Page 158
Stephen Jay Gould.
Cordelia’s Dilemma
Page 173
Lucy Grealy.
Mirrorings
Page 183
Vicki Hearne.
Can an Ape Tell a Joke?
Page 196
Jamaica Kincaid.
Alien Soil
Page 210
Mark Kramer.
Escape from Moscow
Page 218
William Langewiesche.
The Turn
Page 226
James A. McPherson.
Ivy Day in the Empty Room
Page 240
S. Oso.
Lots
Page 255
Cynthia Ozick.
Rushdie in the Louvre
Page 272
Lauren Slater.
Striptease
Page 284
Paul Theroux.
Chatwin Revisited
Page 300
John Updike.
The Disposable Rocket
Page 309
Biographical Notes
Page 313
Notable Essays of 1993
Page 317
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