Visions of the Pacific

• by Frederick Turner
• from Southwest Review / The Best American Essays 1986
• Read at: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986

The Body of Bach

• by Edward Rothstein
• from The New Republic / The Best American Essays 1986
• Read at: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986

The First Day of School: Washington Square, 1946

• by Cynthia Ozick
• from Harper's Magazine / The Best American Essays 1986
• Read at: 
• https://harpers.org/archive/1985/09/the-first-day-of-school/
• https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986

On Boxing

• by Joyce Carol Oates
• from The New York Times Magazine / The Best American Essays 1986
• Read at: 
• https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/16/magazine/on-boxing.html
• https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986

Morality and Foreign Policy

• by George F. Kennan
• from Foreign Affairs / The Best American Essays 1986
• Read at: 
• https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1985-12-01/morality-and-foreign-policy
• https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986

Dressed to Thrill

• by Anne Hollander
• from The New Republic / The Best American Essays 1986
• Read at:
• https://www.anne-hollander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Dressed-to-Thrill.pdf
• https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986

Nasty Little Facts

• by Stephen Jay Gould
• from Natural History / The Best American Essays 1986
• Read at: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15834798W/The_Best_American_essays_1986