Welcome to Litsy!

Since the 2017 version has been out for a bit, I figured it was time to get on with the 2016 one already. In his introduction, Franzen mentions 2 of my favorite fictional characters in the same sentence. It's not wrong to have high expectations, right? And Franzen... author of Purity? Did anyone read that one?

I always read and love this series, even if it‘s edited by Jonathan Franzen.

"The Best American Essays features a selection of the year's outstanding essays—essays of literary achievement that show an awareness of craft and forcefulness of thought"