Pushcart Prize : best of the small presses. 2018, XLII /
Pushcart Prize : best of the small presses. 2018, XLII /
edited by Bill Henderson ; with the Pushcart prize editors.
- 624 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and author index.
Catacombs / Thanks for coming in / The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Imperatives for carrying on in the aftermath / Bajadas / The plate-spinner / Memorial day / Creative types / Float / Michaux State Forest, New Year's / Christopher Kempf -- Tolstoy and God / The home for Buddhist widows / The leash / Praying mantis in my husband's salad / Tidal wave / Act / The boatman / Stranger, thank you for giving me this body / Zombies / Freedom / It's something people in love do / Elegy / Taut rhythmic surfaces / Poem imposing order / Basic training / Good hair / The future consequences of present actions / When I think of Tamir Rice while driving / The dreams of kings / Mentor / Belief / My dear master Liszt / Undocumented alien / Any common desolation / Funny bird sex / Bully / Famous actor / Desired appreciation / Miracle fruit / Dixon / Sad song / I will love you in the summertime / Elegy with grown folks' music / Natural history / Counselor of my heart / Beach city / About the tongue / Absolute rhythm / Milk / How we built our house / Condition / Burn scars / Language lesson for one / Weekend trip / A small sacrifice for an enormous happiness / Abracadabra / Dispatch from flyover country / On gay parenting / The ménage / I told the water / Portrait of the alcoholic with relapse fantasy / Gunpowder / Latchkey / How to shoot someone who outdrew you / Aubade for non-citizens / When you died / Reign of embers / Maybe mermaids and robots are lonely / Telemachus / Everything you want right here / Bill Henderson -- Jason Zencka -- Ron Koertge -- Anthony Wallace -- Natasha Trethewey -- Francisco Cantú -- Steve Stern -- Brian Doyle -- Tom Bissell -- Reginald McKnight -- Brian Morton -- Blair Hurley -- Ada Limón -- Laura Kasischke -- Valerie Sayers -- Stephen Hess -- Carolyn Forché -- Teresa Dzieglewicz -- Daniel Harris -- Rachel Cusk -- Christopher Citro -- Keith Woodruff -- George Saunders -- Keith Ratzlaff -- Mahreen Sohail -- Safiya Sinclair -- Allegra Hyde -- Reginald Dwayne Betts -- Sujata Shekar -- Mark Jude Poirier -- Jamie Quatro -- Ben Stroud -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Ellen Bass -- John R. Nelson -- Amit Majmudar -- Jess Walter -- Solmaz Sharif -- Ethan Chatagnier -- Bret Anthony Johnston -- Chase Twichell -- Christian Wiman -- Saeed Jones -- Camille T. Dungy -- Lydia Conklin -- Jaquira Diaz -- Christopher Todd Anderson -- David Wojahn -- Ye Chun -- Thomas R. Moore -- Erica Dawson -- Philip Connors -- Pui Ying Wong -- Anne Ray -- Jai Chakrabarti -- Kathleen Lynch -- Meghan O'Gieblyn -- Andrew Solomon -- Louisa Ermelino -- Tarfia Faizullah -- Kaveh Akbar -- Rebecca Hazelton -- Nick Norwood -- David Meischen -- Lo Kwa Mei-en -- Jane Wong -- Cecilia Woloch -- Matthew Fogarty -- Jim Shepard -- Delaney Nolan -- Introduction / Special mention -- Presses featured in the Pushcart Prize editions since 1976 -- The Pushcart Prize fellowships -- Contributing small presses -- Contributors' notes.
"The Pushcart Prize is the only annual anthology to exclusively showcase the very best writing from America's alternative literary presses. Each year contributing editors, whose ranks include the most important writers of today, along with hundreds of small presses, nominate thousands of stories, poems, essays and memoirs for inclusion in Pushcart's collection. This unique submissions process ensures a diversity of writing unmatched by any other anthology. This year's gathering includes work by Brian Doyle, Carolyn Forché, George Saunders, Joyce Carol Oates, Ye Chun, Andrew Solomon, Philip Connors, Louisa Ermelino, Jim Shepard, and many more established and new writers representing 53 presses."--Back cover.
1888889845 9781888889840 1888889853 9781888889857
American literature--21st century.
Small presses--United States.
Short stories, American--21st century.
American poetry--21st century.
American essays--21st century.
Autobiography--21st century.
PS501 / .P87 2018
Includes bibliographical references and author index.
Catacombs / Thanks for coming in / The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Imperatives for carrying on in the aftermath / Bajadas / The plate-spinner / Memorial day / Creative types / Float / Michaux State Forest, New Year's / Christopher Kempf -- Tolstoy and God / The home for Buddhist widows / The leash / Praying mantis in my husband's salad / Tidal wave / Act / The boatman / Stranger, thank you for giving me this body / Zombies / Freedom / It's something people in love do / Elegy / Taut rhythmic surfaces / Poem imposing order / Basic training / Good hair / The future consequences of present actions / When I think of Tamir Rice while driving / The dreams of kings / Mentor / Belief / My dear master Liszt / Undocumented alien / Any common desolation / Funny bird sex / Bully / Famous actor / Desired appreciation / Miracle fruit / Dixon / Sad song / I will love you in the summertime / Elegy with grown folks' music / Natural history / Counselor of my heart / Beach city / About the tongue / Absolute rhythm / Milk / How we built our house / Condition / Burn scars / Language lesson for one / Weekend trip / A small sacrifice for an enormous happiness / Abracadabra / Dispatch from flyover country / On gay parenting / The ménage / I told the water / Portrait of the alcoholic with relapse fantasy / Gunpowder / Latchkey / How to shoot someone who outdrew you / Aubade for non-citizens / When you died / Reign of embers / Maybe mermaids and robots are lonely / Telemachus / Everything you want right here / Bill Henderson -- Jason Zencka -- Ron Koertge -- Anthony Wallace -- Natasha Trethewey -- Francisco Cantú -- Steve Stern -- Brian Doyle -- Tom Bissell -- Reginald McKnight -- Brian Morton -- Blair Hurley -- Ada Limón -- Laura Kasischke -- Valerie Sayers -- Stephen Hess -- Carolyn Forché -- Teresa Dzieglewicz -- Daniel Harris -- Rachel Cusk -- Christopher Citro -- Keith Woodruff -- George Saunders -- Keith Ratzlaff -- Mahreen Sohail -- Safiya Sinclair -- Allegra Hyde -- Reginald Dwayne Betts -- Sujata Shekar -- Mark Jude Poirier -- Jamie Quatro -- Ben Stroud -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Ellen Bass -- John R. Nelson -- Amit Majmudar -- Jess Walter -- Solmaz Sharif -- Ethan Chatagnier -- Bret Anthony Johnston -- Chase Twichell -- Christian Wiman -- Saeed Jones -- Camille T. Dungy -- Lydia Conklin -- Jaquira Diaz -- Christopher Todd Anderson -- David Wojahn -- Ye Chun -- Thomas R. Moore -- Erica Dawson -- Philip Connors -- Pui Ying Wong -- Anne Ray -- Jai Chakrabarti -- Kathleen Lynch -- Meghan O'Gieblyn -- Andrew Solomon -- Louisa Ermelino -- Tarfia Faizullah -- Kaveh Akbar -- Rebecca Hazelton -- Nick Norwood -- David Meischen -- Lo Kwa Mei-en -- Jane Wong -- Cecilia Woloch -- Matthew Fogarty -- Jim Shepard -- Delaney Nolan -- Introduction / Special mention -- Presses featured in the Pushcart Prize editions since 1976 -- The Pushcart Prize fellowships -- Contributing small presses -- Contributors' notes.
"The Pushcart Prize is the only annual anthology to exclusively showcase the very best writing from America's alternative literary presses. Each year contributing editors, whose ranks include the most important writers of today, along with hundreds of small presses, nominate thousands of stories, poems, essays and memoirs for inclusion in Pushcart's collection. This unique submissions process ensures a diversity of writing unmatched by any other anthology. This year's gathering includes work by Brian Doyle, Carolyn Forché, George Saunders, Joyce Carol Oates, Ye Chun, Andrew Solomon, Philip Connors, Louisa Ermelino, Jim Shepard, and many more established and new writers representing 53 presses."--Back cover.
1888889845 9781888889840 1888889853 9781888889857
American literature--21st century.
Small presses--United States.
Short stories, American--21st century.
American poetry--21st century.
American essays--21st century.
Autobiography--21st century.
PS501 / .P87 2018