Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xxi
The Trayvon Generation Elizabeth Alexander From The New Yorker 1
Homecoming Hilton Als From The New Yorker 9
The Broken Country Molly McCully Brown From Virginia Quarterly Review 22
Acceptance Parenting Agnes Callard From The Point 30
The Kitchen Is Closed Gabrielle Hamilton From The New York Times Magazine 37
Bent Arrows: On Anticipation of My Approaching Disappearance Tony Hoagland From Ploughshares 52
Vicious Cycles Greg Jackson From Harper's Magazine 55
Clarity Ruchir Joshi From Granta 73
Oh Latitudo Amy Leach From Granta 80
Insane After Coronavirus? Patricia Lockwood From London Review of Books 84
Love in a Time of Terror Barry Lopez From Literary Hub 92
What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick with Coronavirus Jessica Lustig From The New York Times Magazine 101
What Money Can't Buy Dawn Lundy Martin From Ploughshares 109
Two Women Claire Messud From A Public Space 121
My Mustache Wesley Morris From The New York Times Magazine 136
Apparent Beth Nguyen From The Pans Review 150
The Designated Mourner Fintan O'Toole From The New York Review of Books 164
Going Postal Max Read From Bookforum 175
In Orbit Dariel Suarez From The Threepenny Review 182
Witness and Respair Jesmyn Ward From Vanity Fair 192
Contributors' Notes 201
Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2020 206
Notable Special Issues of 2020 220
