The Best American Essays 2001 Author:Kathleen Norris, Robert Atwan This year"s Best American Essays is edited by the best-selling, award-winning writer Kathleen Norris, whose books include Dakota andThe Virgin of Bennington. "The writers in this volume invite us into hidden places: a surgical pathologist"s laboratory, the boxing gym where a college professor and his student learn unexpected lessons about discip... more »line, pain, and growing to adulthood. There are many discoveries to be made here, and I gladly invite the reader to an uncommonly rich and rewarding book." ? Kathleen Norris« less