The Best American Essays 2000 Best-selling author Alan Lightman selects the year"s finest nonfiction as this acclaimed series celebrates its fifteenth year. He has chosen a diverse, very personal collection that celebrates the essay as an independent genre unlike any other. This year"s pieces embrace stylistic freedom and strong opinions and afford the reader a fascinating v... more »iew of the writer"s mind as it struggles with truth, memory, and experience. Featured writers include Jamaica Kincaid, Edward Hoagland, Cynthia Ozick, Mary Gordon, Edwidge Danticat, and others.« less