Purchase "The Road," one of The Best American Essays' Notable Special Issues of 2016.

Contents

From the Editors, Etymology & Extracts
          -The Road and the (Re)tracing of Time
Paul Cockeram & Iván Castañeda, Riding the Mole: Bataille the Sovereign
Franco Bambilla, Invading the Vintage
Ed Schultz, Moving Platform
Heather June Gibbons, Desire Lines
          -We Mend the Moth-Eaten Nets
C.E. Richard, The Longest Main Street in the World
John Guidry, The Road to Primavera
Herb Roe, Courir de Mardi Gras
Lauren Kinney, Traveling
Elizabeth Aamot, Driving North: An applied lesson in basic physics, transcendental alegbra, and ancient mathematical enigma
Rebbecca Brown, Once Upon a Road the Girl
          -Blitz
Sara Fetherolf, We Moved Around a Lot
          -Stray
Daniel de Culla, Mas Misa de 8 Mail Art
Steven Grassel, Above the Hills
Emily Yaremchuk, Memoire
Jen Hirt, Foxes I've Seen by Now
Road Songs: A Turnip Truck(s) List
Contributors