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Title:

The best American nonrequired reading 2012 / edited by Dave Eggers ; introduction by Ray Bradbury.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xv, 412 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Eggers, Dave.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.

Notes:

"A Mariner original." Two graphic novels: Kamikaze and A brief history of the art form known as "Hortisculpture."

Contents:

Best American sonnet with vengeance from Zone 3 / Sherman Alexie -- Best American very short memoir from the New Yorker / Junot Díaz -- Best American manifesto from The Occupied Wall Street Jounal -- Best American minutes from the General Assembly of Occupy Wall Street from www.nycga.net -- Best American observatons at a modern protest movement from McSweeney's / Saïd Sayrafiezadeh -- Best American reflection on historic protest movements from The Occupied Wall Street Journal / Best American reflection on a modern protest movement from The New York Times / Robert Hass -- Best American letters in the mail from The Rumpus / Stephen Elliott, ... [et al.] -- Best American palindrome from The Believer / Barry Duncan -- Best American tweets responding to the death of Osama bin Laden from www.twitter.com -- Best American lonely guy from Jeff, One Lonely Guy / David Shields... [et al.] -- A fable for the living / Kevin Brockmeier from Electric Literature -- Tin man / Judy Budnitz from This American Life / The years of my birth from The New Yorker / Louise Erdrich -- An oral history of Olivia Hamilton from Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons / Olivia Hamilton... [et al.] -- Redeployment from Granta / Phil Klay -- Kamikaze from A Public Space / Nora Krug -- The palace of the people from Narrative Magazine / Anthony Marra -- The children from Granta / Julie Otsuka -- The street of the house of the sun from The Pinch / Michael Poore -- Beautiful monsters from Tin House / Eric Puchner -- Bellwether from Water-stone Review / Mark Robert Rapacz -- The love act from Raritan / Chaz Reetz-Laiolo -- South Beach from Annalemma / Ryan Rivas -- The amazing adventures of Phoenix Jones from GQ / Jon Ronson -- Tenth of December from The New Yorker / George Saunders -- Transcription of a eulogy / Mona Simpson -- Peyton's place from GQ / John Jeremiah Sullivan -- Paper tigers from New York / Wesley Yang. Outlaw from The New York Times Magazine / Jose Antonio Vargas -- Don't eat cat from Byliner / Jess Walter -- Paper tigers from New York / Wesley Yang. Best American sonnet with vengeance from Zone 3 / Sherman Alexie -- Best American very short memoir from the New Yorker / Junot Díaz -- Best American manifesto from The Occupied Wall Street Jounal -- Best American minutes from the General Assembly of Occupy Wall Street from www.nycga.net -- Best American observatons at a modern protest movement from McSweeney's / Saïd Sayrafiezadeh -- Best American reflection on historic protest movements from The Occupied Wall Street Journal / Best American reflection on a modern protest movement from The New York Times / Robert Hass -- Best American letters in the mail from The Rumpus / Stephen Elliott, ... [et al.] -- Best American palindrome from The Believer / Barry Duncan -- Best American tweets responding to the death of Osama bin Laden from www.twitter.com -- Best American lonely guy from Jeff, One Lonely Guy / David Shields... [et al.] -- A fable for the living / Kevin Brockmeier from Electric Literature -- Tin man / Judy Budnitz from This American Life / The years of my birth from The New Yorker / Louise Erdrich -- An oral history of Olivia Hamilton from Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons / Olivia Hamilton... [et al.] -- Redeployment from Granta / Phil Klay -- Kamikaze from A Public Space / Nora Krug -- The palace of the people from Narrative Magazine / Anthony Marra -- The children from Granta / Julie Otsuka -- The street of the house of the sun from The Pinch / Michael Poore -- Beautiful monsters from Tin House / Eric Puchner -- Bellwether from Water-stone Review / Mark Robert Rapacz -- The love act from Raritan / Chaz Reetz-Laiolo -- South Beach from Annalemma / Ryan Rivas -- The amazing adventures of Phoenix Jones from GQ / Jon Ronson -- Tenth of December from The New Yorker / George Saunders -- Transcription of a eulogy / Mona Simpson -- Peyton's place from GQ / John Jeremiah Sullivan -- A brief history of the art form known as "Hortisculpture" from Optic Nerve / Adrian Tomine -- Outlaw from The New York Times Magazine / Jose Antonio Vargas -- Don't eat cat from Byliner / Jess Walter -- Paper tigers from New York / Wesley Yang.

Summary:

Presents literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and alternative comics.

Series:

Best American series.

ISBN:

0547595964 (pbk.)
9780547595962 (pbk.)

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)