2007 Best American Essays

Ian Buruma

Edited by David Foster Wallace


Tin House, The New Republic (2), The New York Review of Books, Threepenny Review, Northwest Review, New Yorker (2), n + 1, Granta, Harpers (2) , StoryQuarterly, New York Times Book Review, PMS, TriQuarterly, The American Scholar, California, Boston Review, New York Times Magazine, THe Iowa Review

Jo Ann Beard. Werner from Tin House
Ian Buruma. The Freedom to Offend from The New Republic
Mark Danner. Iraq: The War of the Imagination from The New York Review of Books
W. S. di Piero. Fatheads Hard Times from The Threepenny Review
George Gessert. An Orgy of Power from Northwest Review

Malcolm Gladwell. What the Dog Saw from The New Yorker
Mark Greif. Afternoon of the Sex Children from n + 1
Marione Ingram. Operation Gomorrah from Granta
Garret Keizer. Loaded from Harpers Magazine
John Lahr. Petrified from The New Yorker
Louis Menand. Name That Tone from The New Yorker
Daniel Orozco. Shakers from StoryQuarterly
Cynthia Ozick. Out from Xanadu from The New York Times Book Review
Molly Peacock. Passion Flowers in Winter from PMS
Phillip Robertson. In the Mosque of Imam Ali from TriQuarterly
Marilynne Robinson. Onward, Christian Liberals from The American Scholar
Richard Rodriguez. Disappointment from California
Elaine Scarry. Rules of Engagement from Boston Review
Roger Scruton. A Carnivores Credo from Harpers Magazine
Peter Singer. What Should a Billionaire Give — and What Should You? from The New York Times Magazine
Jerald Walker. Dragon Slayers from The Iowa Review
Edward O. Wilson. Apocalypse Now from The New Republic