The Best American EssaysThis year's Best American Essays is edited by the best selling, award winning writer Kathleen Norris, whose books include Dakota andThe Virgin of Bennington. "The writers in this volume invite us into hidden places: a surgical pathologist's laboratory, the boxing gym where a college professor and his student learn unexpected lessons about discipline, pain, and growing to adulthood. There are many discoveries to be made here, and I gladly invite the