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Title:

The best American nonrequired reading 2014 / edited by Daniel Handler ; introduction by Lemony Snicket ; managing editor, Daniel Gumbiner.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Handler, Daniel, editor.
Gumbiner, Daniel, editor.

Notes:

"A Mariner original."

Contents:

I feel yes / Nick Sturm. Style / Dan Keane -- The man who saves you from yourself / Nathaniel Rich -- Hugo / Karen Maner -- An interview with Mona Eltahawy / Yasmine El Rashidi -- Three poems / Matthew Dickman -- Two women / Amos Oz -- Seven days in Syria / Janine di Giovanni -- Rage of Poseidon / Anders Nilsen -- 15 second android / Lally Katz -- The robots are coming / Kyle G. Dargan -- Embarazada / Andrew Foster Altschul -- The dream boat / Luke Mogelson -- Two poems / Lucie Brock-Broido -- The body / A. T. Grant -- Shift #6 / Ali Liebegott -- Body-without-soul / Kathryn Davis -- Episode 15: street cleaning day / Jospeh Fink and Jeffrey Cranor -- Have cake and tea with your demons / Yumi Sakugawa -- The Chinese barracks / Rebecca Rukeyser -- If he hollers let him go / Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah -- Cat n Leo / Reggie Watts -- After work / Gabriel Heller -- The real Alan Gass / Thomas Pierce -- K becomes K / V. V. Ganeshananthan -- Charybdis / Cole Becher -- If you were a dinosaur, my love / Rachel Swirsky -- The saltwater twin / Maia Morgan -- Nirvana / Adam Johnson -- Little thing / Sylvan Oswald -- Joy / Zade Smith -- I feel yes / Nick Sturm.

Summary:

Presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2013, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

0544129660 (pbk.)
9780544129665 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)867078144

Locations:

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)