The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for
the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each
volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of
periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field,
then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This
unique system has made the Best American series the most
respected--and most popular--of its kind.
The Best American Travel Writing 2005 includes
William Least-Heat Moon - Ian Frazier - John McPhee - William T.
Vollmann - Simon Winchester - Tom Bissell - Madison Smartt Bell -
Timothy Bascom - Pam Houston - and others
Jamaica Kincaid, guest editor, is the author of numerous
award-winning works, including the memoirs My Brother and The
Autobiography of My Mother and the novel Annie John. Her travelogue
Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalayas appeared in 2005. She lives
in Vermont with her two childen and a garden, in which she travels
a great deal.
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