The Best American Essays 2007
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I completely enjoyed this collection of essays. I started with the Robinson (Onward Christian Liberals), then cherry picked all the political/war essays, and finally started from the front and read all the remaining ones. My favorite essays were by Robinson, Scarry, Singer, Buruma, Danner, Gessert, and Grief. I also enjoyed the essay on the dog whisperer because I'm addicted to that show on t.v. (I had no idea he was an illegal immigrant).
A great anthology, per usual. I especially liked Elaine Scarry's essay about torture (spoiler: it's anti-) and Marilynne Robinson's about Christian liberals. Also DFW's introduction is a good read, even though it's mostly about how the introduction is unnecessary and will likely be unread.