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Name
  
Robert Atwan


Role
  
Essayist

Education
  
Rutgers University, Seton Hall University

Books
  
America now, Convergences, Ten on Ten, The Language of Spring, The Heart of Autumn

Similar People
  
Donald McQuade, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Laurance Wieder, Edward Hoagland, Justin Kaplan

Best American Essays 2010


Robert Atwan (born November 2, 1940, Paterson, New Jersey) is an essayist and editor of several anthologies of literature. He attended Seton Hall University and Rutgers University.

Contents

He compiles The Best American Essays as part of Houghton-Mifflin's Best American series.

Awards

  • 1997-98 Fulbright Lecturer

    • Works

  • "A Question for Dorothy Day", River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative 5.1 (2003) 59-63
  • "Great Moments in Literary Baseball", "The Atlantic" 1987

    • Edited

  • A Dream of Summer: Poems for the Sensuous Season
  • A Mind of Winter: Poems for a Snowy Season Introduction by: Donald Hall Beacon Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-8070-6858-8
  • The Heart of Autumn: Poems for the Season of Reflection Introduction by: Rosanna Warren
  • The Language of Spring: Poems for the Season of Renewal
  • Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Atwan, eds. (2001). The Best American Essays of the Century. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-15587-3. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)

    • References

    Robert Atwan Wikipedia
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