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The Best American Essays 1987

by Gay Talese (Editor), Robert Atwan (Editor)

Other authors: John Barth (Contributor), Richard Ben Cramer (Contributor), John Gregory Dunne (Contributor), Gretel Ehrlich (Contributor), Daniel Mark Epstein (Contributor) — 15 more, Joseph Epstein (Contributor), Gary Giddins (Contributor), Donald Hall (Contributor), Phillip Lopate (Contributor), Barry Lopez (Contributor), Elting E. Morison (Contributor), William Pfaff (Contributor), Samuel Pickering, Jr. (Contributor), Phyllis Rose (Contributor), Scott Russell Sanders (Contributor), Robert Stone (Contributor), Calvin Trillin (Contributor), Gregor von Rezzori (Contributor), Geoffrey C. Ward (Contributor), Tom Wolfe (Contributor)

Series: The Best American Essays (1987), Best American (1987)

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Compiles the best literary essays of the year originally published in American periodicals.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Talese, Gay	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Atwan, Robert	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Barth, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cramer, Richard Ben	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dunne, John Gregory	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ehrlich, Gretel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Epstein, Daniel Mark	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Epstein, Joseph	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Giddins, Gary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hall, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lopate, Phillip	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lopez, Barry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Morison, Elting E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pfaff, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pickering, Samuel, Jr.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rose, Phyllis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sanders, Scott Russell	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stone, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Trillin, Calvin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
von Rezzori, Gregor	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ward, Geoffrey C.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolfe, Tom	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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814.008Literature › English (North America) › American essays

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PS688.B47Language and Literature › American literature › American literature › Collections of American literature › Essays

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