Book description
In her introduction to this year's The Best American Essays, guest editor Vivian Gornick states that her selections "contribute materially to the long and honorable history of the personal essay by way of the value they place on lived experience." Provocative, daring, and honest at a time when many writers are deliberately silencing themselves in the face of authoritarian and populist censorship movements, the twenty-one essays collected here reflect their authors' unapologetic observations of the world around them. From an inmate struggling to find purpose during his prison sentence to a doctor coping with the unpredictable nature of her patient, to a widow wishing for just a little more time with her late husband, these narratives--and the others featured in this anthology--celebrate the endurance of the human spirit.The Best American Essays 2023 includes Ciara Alfaro - Jillian Barnet - Sylvie Baumgartel - Eric Borsuk - Chris Dennis - Xujun Eberlein - Sandra Hager Eliason - George Estreich - Merrill Joan Gerber - Debra Gwartney - Edward Hoagland - Laura Kipnis - Phillip Lopate - Celeste Marcus - Sam Meekings - Sigrid Nunez - Kathryn Schulz - Anthony Siegel - Scott Spencer - Angelique Stevens - David Treuer
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Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
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Edit book data: title, author, cover
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Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
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VoiceOver support
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Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
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Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience