Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First edition - These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. In addition to the contributions by the writers shown above - Stephen King, Adam Hochschild, Mary Oliver, Edward Hoagland, William T. Vollmann, - some other selections include "In the Memory Mines" by Diane Ackerman; "Dear Harper" by Reynolds Price, "Mail" by Anne Fadiman and more. SIGNED by Adam Hochschild at his essay "India's American Imports." Introduction by Norris and brief biographies of the contributors. Robert Atwan, series editor. Index. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-618-049312.