"This collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing by African Americans. Here are essays on a variety of subjects informed by - but not necessarily about - the experience of blackness, as seen through the eyes of some of our finest writers." "From art, entertainment, and science to technology, sexuality, and current events - including the battle for the Democratic nomination for the presidency - the essays in this inaugural anthology offer us the compelling perspectives of a number of well-known, distinguished writers, and a number of other writers who are just beginning to be heard." "Selected from a diverse array of publications such as the New Yorker, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Slate, and National Geographic, the essays gathered here are about making history, living everyday life - and everything in between." "A venue in which African American writers can branch out from traditionally "black" subjects, Best African American Essays features a range of gifted voices exploring the many issues and experiences, joys and trials, that, as human beings, we all share."--BOOK JACKET.

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