The Best American Essays 2016 (54 page)

Seeing Through Police,
n+1
, Spring

G
ENESE
G
RILL

Almandal Grimoire: The Book as Magical Object,
The Georgia Review
, Winter

O
NA
G
RITZ

It’s Time,
The Rumpus
, August 12

M
ELISSA
G
RUNOW

We’re All Mad Here: A Field Guide to Feigning Sanity,
Limestone
, Fall

P
ENNY
G
UISINGER

The Sound of Galton’s Whistle,
The Rumpus
, June 14

M
ARGARET
M
ORGANROTH
G
ULLETTE

Morgie Waits for Her Future Self to Appear,
South Street
, Fall

D
EBRA
G
WARTNEY

We All Must Live by the Rules,
Tin House
, no. 63

S
HAHNAZ
H
ABIB

Hospitality,
Brevity
, September 3

M
EAGHAN
H
ACKINEN

Where the Tide Rushes Between,
One Throne Magazine
, Fall

R
ACHEL
H
ADAS

The Honors Student, the Plagiarist, and the Fan,
Hotel Amerika
, Winter

J
ESSICA
E
RICA
H
AHN

Last Man Standing,
Prick of the Spindle
, no. 8

J
AMES
A
LLEN
H
ALL

Be Destroyed,
Alaska Quarterly Review
, Spring/Summer

J
ANE
E
ATON
H
AMILTON

Never Say I Didn’t Bring You Flowers,
Full Grown People
, January 8

J
EFFREY
H
AMMOND

Eight-Per-Five,
Under the Sun
, Summer

L
IZ
W
INDHORST
H
ARMER

Correctives,
Prism
, Winter

B
ONNIE
H
ARRIS

Irene,
Profane
, Winter

W
EBB
H
ARRIS
J
R.

Long Time Comin’: The Education of Brother Webb,
Southern Humanities Review
, vol. 48, no. 4

L
EE
H
AUPT

The Ring,
Image
, no. 87

K
AREN
H
AYES

CV x K,
Passages North
, no. 36

U
RSULA
H
EGI

I’m Searching for a Home for Unwed Girls,
New England Review
, vol. 36, no. 3

D
ANNY
H
EITMAN

Our Contemporary, Montaigne,
Humanities
, March/April

R
OBIN
H
EMLEY

Border Crossing,
Orion
, July/August

A
LEKSANDAR
H
EMON

In Search of Lost Space,
Freeman’s
, no. 1

J
ULIE
H
ENSON

Sisters Peeling,
New Ohio Review
, Fall

M
ICHELLE
H
ERMAN

Gone,
Creative Nonfiction
, Winter

D
AISY
H
ERNANDEZ

Los Ojos,
Dogwood
, Spring

D
OUG
H
ESSE

Teaching a Stone to Read,
Fourth Genre
, Fall

E
MILY
H
IPCHEN

Hush,
Under the Sun
, Summer

E
DWARD
H
OAGLAND

The Mysteries of Attraction,
The American Scholar
, Autumn

A
NN
H
ODGMAN

Against Locavores,
Tin House
, no. 63

M
ING
H
OLDEN

Jacqueline and the Negative Imagination,
Hayden’s Ferry Review
, Fall/Winter

BJ
H
OLLARS

Hirofukushima,
Passages North
, no. 36

A
NN
H
OOD

Abingdon Square,
The Normal School
, vol. 8, no. 2

B
ELL
H
OOKS

Writing Without Labels,
Appalachian Heritage
, Fall

E
LIZABETH
H
OOVER

Smudge,
Story Quarterly
, no. 48

P
ATRICIA
H
ORVATH

Wrath,
The Los Angeles Review
, Fall

K
ERRY
H
OWLEY

The Cage of You,
Granta
, no. 132

W
ILLIAM
H
UHN

You Forgot These,
Thema
, Autumn

C
HRISTINE
H
UME

Ventifacts,
Conjunctions
, no. 64

C
OURTNEY
H
UMPHRIES

Teeth,
Bluestem
, Spring

E
RICA
H
UNT

Chasing a Ghost, Portrait of My Father,
The Literary Review
, Fall

B
ARBARA
H
URD

The Ear Is a Lonely Hunter,
Ecotone
, Fall

P
ICO
I
YER

The Foreign Spell,
Lapham’s Quarterly
, Winter

S
TANLEY
J
ACOBS

The Oriel Window,
Tampa Review
, no. 50

A
LISON
C
ONDIE
J
AENICKE

I Slept Well if You Slept Well,
Isthmus
, Fall/Winter

E
VAN
J
AMES

Grotesk,
Oxford American
, no. 90

L
ESLIE
J
AMISON

Giving Up the Ghost,
Harper’s Magazine
, March

F
ENTON
J
OHNSON

Going It Alone,
Harper’s Magazine
, April

L
ACY
M
.
J
OHNSON

On Mercy,
Guernica
, October 1

A
LEX
R
.
J
ONES

Small Time,
The Sun
, April

L
OUIS
B
.
J
ONES

Varney’s,
The Threepenny Review
, Fall

L
ATOYA
J
ORDAN

After Striking a Fixed Object,
Manifest-Station
, July 22

F
ABIENNE
J
OSAPHAT

Summer Is an Empty House,
Grist
, no. 8

H
OWARD
K
APLAN

The St. Jude’s Old-Timers Softball Draft Night,
Splice Today
, May 6

M
OSS
K
APLAN

Viewing the Dead,
The Literary Review
, Fall

G
ARRETT
K
EIZER

Hokusai’s Octopus: A Romp at the Edge of the Deep,
The Kenyon Review
, May/June

A
NNE
M
ARIE
K
ENNEDY

Nowhere on the Chart,
New Hibernia Review
, Autumn

R
ANDALL
K
ENNEDY

Lifting as We Climb,
Harper’s Magazine
, October

T
HOMAS
E
.
K
ENNEDY

Prudence and Method,
New Letters
, vol. 82, no. 1

H
ARRISON
S
COTT
K
EY

Man Is But an Ass,
Image
, no. 84

R
ALPH
K
EYES

Smoking with Mom,
The Antioch Review
, Winter

P
OROCHISTA
K
HAKPOUR

Federer as Irreligious Experience,
Prairie Schooner
, Winter

L
YDIA
K
IESLING

Beautiful Babies,
The Millions
, July 28

J
EAN
K
IM

The Hijacked Flight My Mother Didn’t Take,
Medium
, February

K
ENNETH
K
ING

At the Crossroads,
North Dakota Quarterly
, vol. 82, no. 4

M
ARTHA
K
ING

Outside Inside,
A Public Space
, no. 23

A
LISON
K
INNEY

The Uses of Orphans,
The New Inquiry
, October 2

D
ASHA
K
IPER

Hope Is the Enemy,
The American Scholar
, Autumn

C
ASSANDRA
K
IRCHER

No More to the Lake,
North Dakota Quarterly
, vol. 80, no. 2

J
UDITH
K
ITCHEN

Breath,
River Teeth
, Spring

J
ACQUELINE
K
OLOSOV

Pilgrimage to St. Ives,
The Sewanee Review
, Summer

M
ARY
K
UDENOV

A History of Smoking,
The Southampton Review
, Spring

D
ON
L
AGO

Message from Space,
Michigan Quarterly Review
, Winter

H
AFEEZ
L
AKHANI

The Argument,
Crazyhorse
, Fall

A
NNIE
L
AMPAN

The Joints That Hold Us Together,
The Massachusetts Review
, Fall

H
EATHER
K
IRN
L
ANIER

The R-Word,
The Sun
, May

L
ANCE
L
ARSEN

Too Many Mysteries to Shake a Stick At,
The Southwest Review
, vol. 100, no. 1

P
ETER
L
A
S
ALLE

Invisible Travel: A Cycle Concerning the Creative Imagination, in Nine Parts,
The Literary Review
, Fall

V
ICTOR
L
AVALLE

Run Your Shit,
Tin House
, no. 65

D
AVID
L
AZAR

To the Reader, Sincerely,
The Normal School
, vol. 8, no. 2

A
NNA
L
EAHY

The Give and Take of Grief,
The Weeklings
, January 30

H
ARVEY
L
EEDS

They’re Not Pretending Anymore,
Green Mountains Review
, vol. 28, no. 2

L
AWRENCE
L
ENHART

Dogsucker: The Written Oral,
Alaska Quarterly Review
, Spring/Summer

S
ARAH
K
.
L
ENZ

Killing Chickens,
New Letters
, vol. 81, nos. 3 and 4

B
RIGITTE
L
ESCHHORN

Ghosts March in Ferguson, MO,
Crab Orchard Review
, Summer/Fall

S
HARA
L
ESSLEY

Point Blank,
The Gettysburg Review
, Winter

G
ABRIEL
L
EVIN

Our Sorrow and Our Love Move into a Foreign Language,
Salamander
, no. 41

C
YNTHIA
L
EWIS

Big Love,
The Hudson Review
, Summer

M
ICHAEL
L
EWIS

The White Stuff,
Vanity Fair
, November