The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002

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FIRST, BEST, AND BEST-SELLING Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected-and most popular-of its kind. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 is a selection for readers under twenty-five of the best literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals: from The New Yorker, Ja ne, ZyZZyVA, Vibe, The Onion, Spin, Epoch, Time, Little Engines, Modern Humorist, Esquire, and others. Dave Eggers has chosen the highlights of 2001 for this genre-busting collection that includes new fiction, essays, satire,... Tovább

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FIRST, BEST, AND BEST-SELLING Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected-and most popular-of its kind. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 is a selection for readers under twenty-five of the best literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals: from The New Yorker, Ja ne, ZyZZyVA, Vibe, The Onion, Spin, Epoch, Time, Little Engines, Modern Humorist, Esquire, and others. Dave Eggers has chosen the highlights of 2001 for this genre-busting collection that includes new fiction, essays, satire, journalism -and much more. From Eric Schlosser on french fries to Elizabeth McKenzie on awful family to Seaton Smith on how to "jive" with your teen, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002 is the first and the best. DAVE EGGERS is the author of You Shall Know Our Velocity! and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and the editor of McSweeney's. MICHAEL CART is the author ofMyFather's Scar, a 1997 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, as well as many other books. A reviewer for major national média, Cart has served on numerous awards committees, including the National Book Award Committee. Vissza