Sideways Reviews

The Best American Essay Series, John Proctor

The Best American Short Stories 2011 Series, Claire Guyton

From Reading to Empathy
Erika Anderson
on Blueprints for Building Better Girls
by Elissa Schappell

Out of Time
John Proctor
on “America, Look at Your Shame!” by James Agee
and “Amor Perdida” by Tennessee Williams
The Best American Essays 2004

From Reading to Quarantine
Erika Anderson
on The Ask
By Sam Lipsyte
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Reading Drunk
Hollie Loveless
on Dry by Augusten Burroughs,
Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp, and
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by Bill Clegg

A Charming Combination
John Proctor
on “The Habit” by Francis Spufford
and “The Love of My Life” by Cheryl Strayed
The Best American Essays 2003
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Loving Limbo I
Claire Guyton
on “Out of Body”
by Jennifer Egan
The Best American Short Stories 2011
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From Reading to Generosity
Erika Anderson
on Then Again
by Diane Keaton
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Beads, Fabric, and Yarn
John Proctor
on selected essays
The Best American Essays 2004, 2005, & 2008
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Please Eat the Pastrami
Claire Guyton
on “A Bridge Under Water”
by Tom Bissell
The Best American Short Stories 2011
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From Reading to Costco
Erika Anderson
on Damascus
by Joshua Mohr
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The Two Sides of Albert Goldbarth
John Proctor
on “Everybody’s Nickname”
by Albert Goldbarth
The Best American Essays 2008
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Her Last Costume
Claire Guyton
on My Life as Laura: How I Searched for Laura Ingalls Wilder and Found Myself
by Kelly Kathleen Ferguson
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I’ll Be the Moon
John Proctor
on “You Be the Moon”
by Amy Leach
The Best American Essays 2009
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Into That White Hot Center
Sara Yu
on Where Europe Begins
by Yoko Tawada
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One Perfect Sentence
Claire Guyton
on “Housewifely Arts”
by Megan Mayhew Bergman
The Best American Short Stories 2011
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A Blind Date
Erika Anderson
on How Did You Get This Number
by Sloane Crosley
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The Dearth of the Eulogy
John Proctor
on selected essays
The Best American Essays 2010