A review by bibliokris
The Best American Essays 2011 by Robert Atwan, Edwidge Danticat

5.0

I've read these collections for the past 10 or 15 years now, and I always find my mind stretched, as well as opened to new topics. This collection had more female authors than male authors (1st time I can remember that, which I found refreshing)--the topics written about by women are usually not chosen by men, and as a woman, I appreciate that. Zadie Smith had an excellent essay in this collection, as well as in the 2010 collection, and I'm looking forward to reading her fiction. Reading this collection is usually one of the high points of my reading year.