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Title:

The best American nonrequired reading 2009 / edited by Dave Eggers ; introduction by Marjane Satrapi ; managing editor, Jesse Nathan.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xviii, 413 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 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.

Contents:

Further notes on my unfortunate condition / Nick St. John. Best American titles of books published in 2008 -- Best American titles of poems published in 2008 -- Best American censorship blunder -- Best American festival names -- Best American letter to the editor -- Best American college annual alumni reports from 2008 -- Best American new band names -- Best American hair analysis narrative -- Best American anonymous postcards -- Best American bank heists -- Best American lawsuits -- Best American Craigslist items and offers to barter -- Best American police blotter items for Johnson County, Kansas -- Best American karate tribute -- Best American farmer's calendar column -- Best American kids' letters to Obama -- Best American comic by a French artist -- Captioning for the blind / Rebecca Bengal -- Relations / Eula Biss -- Triplet / Susan Breen -- Diary of a fire lookout / Philip Connors -- Everything I know about my family on my mother's side / Nathan Englander -- The ticking is the bomb / Nick Flynn -- David foster Wallace / Jonathan Franzen -- Monster / Rebekah Frumkin -- Wild berry blue / Rivka Galchen -- A product of this town / J. Malcolm Garcia -- Your exhausted heart / Anne Gisleson -- The chameleon / David Grann -- Boomtown, Iraq / Denis Johnson -- Million year boom / Tom Kaczynski -- The temp / Amelia Kahaney -- The briefcase / Rebecca Makkai -- The good word / Yannick Murphy -- Mississippi drift / Matthew Power -- The outlaw bride / K.G. Schneider -- How to work a locker room / Michelle Seaton -- Further notes on my unfortunate condition / Nick St. John.

Summary:

Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

0547241607
9780547241609

OCLC:

(OCoLC)313657941

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)