Podcasts Culture I'll Find Myself When I'm Dead S2E12 - Best American Essays 2020

S2E12 - Best American Essays 2020

Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 1 p.m.

In what is probably our penultimate episode of Season 2, we Zoom about the brand-new edition of Best American Essays, edited by our old friend from Season 1, Andr\xe9 Aciman. We cover Robert Atwan\u2019s intro, Aciman\u2019s preface, and two selections from the anthology itself: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich\u2019s \u201cBody Language,\u201d and Barbara Ehrenreich\u2019s \u201cThe Humanoid Stain.\u201d Also: reader mail, an update on our flash anthology, and we solicit listener suggestions for what essays we should nominate for Best American Essays and the Pushcart Prize.\nEpisode links:

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Alex\u2019s essay: https://harpers.org/archive/2019/12/body-language-genderqueerness/\xa0

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Barbara Ehrenreich\u2019s essay: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-humanoid-stain-ehrenreich\xa0

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