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Title:

The best American nonrequired reading 2019 / edited and introduced by Edan Lepucki ; managing editor, Beatrice Kilat.

Publisher:

Mariner Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xix, 247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.

Subject:

American prose literature--21st century.
American wit and humor--21st century.
Short stories, American.
Short stories.
Humor.
Creative nonfiction.

Other Authors:

Lepucki, Edan, editor.
Kilat, Beatrice, editor.
826 National (Organization), editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The lake and the onion / David Drury. Follow the drinking gourd / Charles Johnson -- Curse for the American dream / Jane Wong-- Barbarians at the gate / Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling-- I worked with Avital Ronell. I believe her accuser/ Andrea Long Chu-- Holton Arms class of 1984. to the United States Congress-- Diagnosis in reverse / Kate Gaskin-- On true war stories/ Viet Thanh Nguyen-- The frog king / Garth Greenwell-- Child A / Emily Rinkema-- As the sparks fly upward / Renee Branum-- Arabic lesson / Latifa Ayad -- Barbara from Florida/ Maddy Raskulinecz-- It's natural (selected comics)/ Nathaniel Russell -- Our Belgian wife / Uche Okonkwo-- Self-care / Robin Coste Lewis -- The brothers Aguayo/ Devin Gordon -- Naked and vulnerable, the rest is circumstance / Sylvia Chan -- Spring / Mikko Harvey -- The babyland diaries / Angela Garbes -- Two poems / Britteney Black Rose Kapri-- The Gettysburg Address (sound translations 1 and 2 / Keith Donnell Jr. -- Almost Human / Deborah Taffa -- Macho / Margaret Ross -- The lake and the onion / David Drury.

Summary:

This anthology presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2019, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.

ISBN:

9780358093169
0358093163

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1080246681

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)