The Best American Travel Writing 2011

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The Best American Series ;First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected-and most popular-of its kind. The Best American Travel Writing 2011 includesAndre Aciman, Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Ariel Levy, Tea Obreht, Annie Proulx, Gary Shteyngart, William T. Vollmann, Emily Witt, and others.  Read more... Abstract: The Best American Series ;First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected-and most popular-of its kind. The Best American Travel Writing 2011 includesAndre Aciman, Christopher Buckley, Maureen Dowd, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Ariel Levy, Tea Obreht, Annie Proulx, Gary Shteyngart, William T. Vollmann, Emily Witt, and others Content: My Monet moment / Andre Aciman -- Southern culture on the skids / Ben Austen -- The coconut salesman / David Baez -- Venance LaFrance is not dead / Mischa Berlinski -- My year at sea / Christopher Buckley -- A girls' guide to Saudi Arabia / Maureen Dowd -- The last stand of free town / Porter Fox -- Stuck / Keith Gessen -- Famous / Tom Ireland -- The vanishing point / Verlyn Klinkenborg -- Reservations / Ariel Levy -- Aligning the internal compass / Jessica McCaughey -- The last inuit of Quebec / Justin Nobel -- Twilight of the vampires / Tea Obreht -- A year of birds / Annie Proulx -- Moscow on the med / Gary Shteyngart -- A head for the Emir / William T. Vollmann -- Miami party boom / Emily Witt.