A collection of the years most esteemed and thought-provoking essays includes entries previously published in a variety of respected literary periodicals and is selected and introduced by the author of the acclaimed essay collection Pulphead. Original. 40,000 first printing. Offers a selection of literary essays from the year 2014 which were originally published in American periodicals. Pulphead author John Jeremiah Sullivan, "among the best young non-fiction writers in English" (The New York Times), picks the years best essays selected from hundereds of magazines, journals, and websites.