<p><b>"A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology . . . Exhilarating." - <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></p> <p><i>The Best American Essays 2014</i> is selected and introduced by John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of the critically acclaimed essay collection <i>Pulphead</i>. The<i> New York Times</i> placed Sullivan "among the best young nonfiction writers in English" and the <i>New York Times Book Review</i> heralded <i>Pulphead </i>as "the best, and most important, collection of magazine writing since Wallace's <i>A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again</i>."</p>