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The Best American Essays 2007 is a primer for essay writers and essay readers alike, with a variety of topics and writing styles.

David Sedaris re-releases his 1997 classic essay collection with new stories for even more holiday laughs.

The late David Foster Wallace's collection of essays, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, is a sampling of his style & insight into his troubled thoughts.

Sloane Crosley makes a name for herself as a modern essay writer who has a knack for writing clever and intelligent pieces.

Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac's Lonesome Traveler is a collection of autobiographical essays detailing his travels and the various jobs he worked while writing.

2007 edition is a must read for both aspiring and veteran travel writers. Contributors include Jonathan Stern, George Saunders and David Halberstam.

Review of George Saunders' new collection of essays "The Braindead Megaphone," as it travels from Dubai to Nepal to the U.S./Mexico border to right here at home.

If you read and enjoyed "The Year of Magical Thinking", browse these winners from one of America's foremost writers. A look at Joan Didion's body of work.

"My Custom Van," the collection of humorous essays from comedian Michael Ian Black, presents some of the comic's funniest work, but some of the material wears thin.

Travel book clubs are a great way for those who love adventure, culture, and new worlds to travel without taking time off from work, spending a lot of money, or packing.

Nick Hornby writes about the books he reads and the books he intends to read in this 2004 essay collection culled from Believer magazine, a McSweeney's publication.

Brief biography of Ralph Ellison, foremost African-American novelist, short-story writer and essayist, considered a great fiction writer.

Creative nonfiction is a form of non fiction writing based upon true events, but which places an emphasis on literary elements over the dry presentation of facts.

Brief biography of Czeslaw Milosz, Polish-American poet and writer. He was the 1980 Nobel laureate for literature; his first poetry book was Poem of the Frozen Time.

Jean Margaret Laurence nee Wemyss, one of Canada's most revered writers, presented a wonderful depth of feelings in her characters such as Morag in The Diviners.