The best American nonrequired reading, 2005 /
The best American nonrequired reading, 2005 /
edited by Dave Eggers ; introduction by Beck.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
- xxxii, 327 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Best American series. .
Passing periods / Joe Sayers -- The mediocrity principle / Anders Nilsen -- Florida / Daniel Alarcon -- The death of Mustango Salvaje / Jessica Anthony -- Tiger mending / Aimee Bender -- Free burgers for life / Ryan Boudinot -- Five forgotten instincts / Dan Chaon -- Lyndon / Amber Dermont -- A lynching in stereoscope / Stephanie Dickinson -- Heavy metal mercenary / Tish Durkin -- My little brother ruined my life / Stephen Elliott -- Tearaway burkas and tinplate menorahs / Al Franken -- The lost boys / Jeff Gordinier -- Roadkill / Kate Krauthammer -- Hell-heaven / Jhumpa Lahiri -- At the Caf ÌLovely / Rattawut Lapcharoensap -- Catalogue sales / Molly McNett -- Bohemians & Manifesto / George Saunders -- The joke / J. David Stevens -- The myth of the frequent flier / Jonathan Tel -- Girls I know / Douglas Trevor -- They came out like ants! / William T. Vollmann -- Diary of a journal reader / Lauren Weedman.
0618570470 0618570489 (pbk.)
9780618570478 9780618570485
American literature.
Short stories.
American prose literature--21st century.
American essays--21st century.
PS645 / .B47 2005
Passing periods / Joe Sayers -- The mediocrity principle / Anders Nilsen -- Florida / Daniel Alarcon -- The death of Mustango Salvaje / Jessica Anthony -- Tiger mending / Aimee Bender -- Free burgers for life / Ryan Boudinot -- Five forgotten instincts / Dan Chaon -- Lyndon / Amber Dermont -- A lynching in stereoscope / Stephanie Dickinson -- Heavy metal mercenary / Tish Durkin -- My little brother ruined my life / Stephen Elliott -- Tearaway burkas and tinplate menorahs / Al Franken -- The lost boys / Jeff Gordinier -- Roadkill / Kate Krauthammer -- Hell-heaven / Jhumpa Lahiri -- At the Caf ÌLovely / Rattawut Lapcharoensap -- Catalogue sales / Molly McNett -- Bohemians & Manifesto / George Saunders -- The joke / J. David Stevens -- The myth of the frequent flier / Jonathan Tel -- Girls I know / Douglas Trevor -- They came out like ants! / William T. Vollmann -- Diary of a journal reader / Lauren Weedman.
0618570470 0618570489 (pbk.)
9780618570478 9780618570485
American literature.
Short stories.
American prose literature--21st century.
American essays--21st century.
PS645 / .B47 2005