Notable Essays of 2010.

SELECTED BY ROBERT ATWAN.

MARILYN ABILDSKOV.

The Summer of Barbeques, Hotel Amerika, Spring.

ANDRe ACIMAN.

My Monet Moment, Conde Nast Traveler, September.

DANIEL AKST.

America: Land of Loners?, Wilson Quarterly, Summer.

MARCIA ALDRICH.

My Dog Anubis, Northwest Review, vol. 48, no. 2.

SUE ALLISON.

Dream Work, Harvard Review, no. 38.

SUSANNE ANTONETTA.

Hosts, Image, Spring.

JACOB M. APPEL.

Judy & Malcolm: Maybe a Love Story, Lake Effect, Spring.

CHRIS ARTHUR.

Level Crossing, New Hibernia Review, Summer.

ALLISON BACKOUS.

Lament, Image, Fall.

PHYLLIS BARBER.

The Knife Handler, Agni, no. 71.

WENDY BARKER.

Let's Party, Cerise Press, Summer.

KIM BARNES.

On Language: A Short Meditation, Fugue, Winter/Spring.

RICK Ba.s.s.

The Burning Present, Tricycle, Winter.

GREG BATHON.

An Incident on the Mysore Road, Fifth Wednesday, Spring.

ELIF BATUMAN.

Kafka's Last Trial, New York Times Magazine, September 26.

WILLIAM BAUDE.

Last Chance on Death Row, Wilson Quarterly, Autumn.