| Description |
xvii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Sufjan Stevens -- Q & A / Dave Eggers -- Best American names for horses expected to have undistinguished careers / Mike Richardson-Bryan -- Best American beginnings of ten stories about ponies -- Best American first sentences of novels published in 2006 -- Best American new brand names -- Best American six-word memoirs -- Best American personals from around the world -- Best American article titles from the best American trade magazines -- Best American creationist explanations for the world's natural wonders -- Best American new animal plagues / Steve Newman -- Best American failed television pilots -- Best American names of television programs taken to their logical conclusion / Joe O'Neill -- Best American police blotter items -- Middle American gothic / Jonathan Ames -- A happy death / Alison Bechdel -- Ghost children / D. Winston Brown -- Rock the junta / Scott Carrier -- American / Joshua Clark -- What is your dangerous idea / Edge Foundation -- Selling the general / Jennifer Egan -- Where I slept / Stephen Elliot -- Lotería / Kevin A. Gonzáles -- How to tell stories to children / Miranda July -- Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine / Matthew Klam -- All aboard the bloated boat : arguments in favor of Barry Bonds / Lee Klein -- Love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice / Nam Le -- Darfur diaries / Jen Marlow, Aisha Bain, and Adam Shapiro -- The big suck : notes from the jarhead underground / David J. Morris -- Stuyvesant High School commencement speech / Conan O'Brian -- Humpies / Mattox Roesch -- So long, anyway / Patrick Somerville -- Literature unnatured / Joy Williams. |
| Summary |
Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects. |
| Subject |
American prose literature -- 21st century.
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Short stories, American.
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American wit and humor -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
Eggers, Dave.
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Stevens, Sufjan.
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| Added Title |
Nonrequired reading 2007 |
| ISBN |
0618902767 |
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9780618902767 |
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9780618902811 paperback |
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0618902813 paperback |
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