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Title:

Read harder : five more years of great writing from The Believer / edited by Ed Park and Heidi Julavits.

Publisher:

Believer Booksa division of McSweeney's,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Authors:

Park, Ed, 1970- editor of compilation.
Julavits, Heidi, editor of compilation.
McSweeney's (Firm)

Other Titles:

Believer (San Francisco, Calif.)
Commentary on (work): Believer.

Notes:

Subtitle from cover. "These pieces appeared between 2009 and 2013 in the 'Believer' magazine."--Title page verso.

Contents:

My patron / by Nick Hornby. The disappearance of Ford Beckman / by Michael Paul Mason -- The end of the story / by Zach Baron -- Travels with my ex / by Susan Straight -- Sweatpants in Paradise / by Molly Young -- A glimpse of unplumbed depths / by Annie Julia Wyman -- The death of a civil servant / by Lev Grossman -- Absent things as if they are present / by Jeannie Vanasco -- Virginia Mountain scream queen / by Rebecca Taylor -- Dark family / by Sara Gran and Megan Abbott -- Watching 'Shrek' in Tehran / by Brian T. Edwards -- If he hollers let him go / by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah -- Mithradates of Fond du Lac / by Kent Russell -- But never a lovely so real / by Colin Asher -- How to scrutinize a beaver / by Rachel Poliquin -- The unresilient / by Francisco Goldman -- How to explore like a real Victorian adventurer / by Monte Reel -- The immortal horizon / by Leslie Jamison -- The fickle need of fate / by Paul Collins -- My patron / by Nick Hornby.

Summary:

"This volume collects the finest essays from the second half of the Believer's decade-long (and counting) run"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

1940450187 (pbk.)
9781940450186 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)891160667

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)