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The Best American Short Stories 2011
The Best American Short Stories 2011
by Geraldine Brooks
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In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2011, Geraldine Brooks draws the comparison between a well-told joke and a good short story. She writes, “Each form relies on suggestion and economy. Characters have to be drawn in a few deft... (read more)

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Best American Nonrequired Reading #2011: The Best American Nonrequired Reading
Best American Nonrequired Reading #2011: The Best American Nonrequired Reading
by Dave Eggers
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the... (read more)

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The Best American Short Stories 2012
The Best American Short Stories 2012
by Tom Perrotta
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more)

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The Best American Nonrequired Reading (Best American Nonrequired Reading)
The Best American Nonrequired Reading (Best American Nonrequired Reading)
by Dave Eggers
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of... (read more)

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The Best American Essays (Best American Essays)
The Best American Essays (Best American Essays)
by David Brooks
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more)

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Best New American Voices 2007 (Best New American Voices)
Best New American Voices 2007 (Best New American Voices)
by Sue Miller
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Bestselling novelist and acclaimed teacher Sue Miller continues the tradition of identifying the best young writers on the cusp of their careers in this years volume of Best New American Voices. Here are stories culled from hundreds of writing programs... (read more)

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The Best American Short Stories 2009 (Best American Short Stories)
The Best American Short Stories 2009 (Best American Short Stories)
by Alice Sebold
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Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" (Chicago Tribune). The collection boasts great variety from "famous to... (read more)

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Three American Poets
Three American Poets
by Jonathan Bean
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A unique collection of poems from three writers living under the shadow of the Civil War Three great American poets, all of whom preferred the solitary life, and yet each responded, in very different ways, to the greatest social event of their times: the... (read more)

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Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness
Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness
by Carolyn Forche
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Bearing witness to extremity--whether of war, torture, exile, or repression--the volume encompasses more than 140 poets from five continents, over the span of this century from the Armenian genocide to Tiananmen Square.... (read more)

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Best New American Voices (Best New American Voices)
Best New American Voices (Best New American Voices)
by Mary Gaitskill
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Critically acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Mary Gaitskill continues the tradition of identifying the best young writers on the cusp of their careers in this years volume of Best New American Voices. Here are stories culled from hundreds of... (read more)

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The Best American Essays (Best American Essays)
The Best American Essays (Best American Essays)
by Adam Gopnik
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Edited by the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Edwidge Danticat, author ofBrother, I Am Dying,this classic collection of essays showcases the year's best.... (read more)

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Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers
Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers
by Rosemarie Robotham
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The many facets of black family life have not always been fully visible in American literature. Black families have often been portrayed as chaotic, fractured, and emotionally devastated, and historians and sociologists are just beginning to acknowledge... (read more)

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The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure
The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure
by Larry Smith
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The turning points, revelations, epiphanies, dramatic changes, the opening or closing of a door—in a life, a career, a love—can occur in a single glorious, terrible, unpredictable, serendipitous, crucial, calamitous, chaotic, amazing .... (read more)

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Best New American Voices (Best New American Voices)
Best New American Voices (Best New American Voices)
by Dani Shapiro
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Praise for the Best New American Voices Series: "A wonderful assortment of the coming attractions."--Chicago Tribune "A heads-up for readers interested in emerging talent." -- Hartford Courant  The bestselling novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro... (read more)

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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories
by David Sedaris
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A bestseller in its own right and a must-have for fans of the #1 bestselling author David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction. David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them... (read more)

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2033: Future of Misbehavior
2033: Future of Misbehavior
by Nervecom
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What is the future of sex? Some of the brightest minds writing today offer their predictions in this tantalizing anthology. Rick Moody considers the repornification of Times Square, Lisa Gabriele predicts 100 percent divorce rate, Ana Marie Cox sees the... (read more)

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American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (American Poets Project)
American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (American Poets Project)
by John Hollander
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Distinguished poet and critic John Hollander offers, for the first time ever, a buoyant guided tour of American light verse-a tradition he delightfully pursues from Ambrose Bierce's sardonic "The Devil's Dictionary" quatrains to the latter-day comic... (read more)

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The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays)
The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays)
by Edwidge Danticat
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volumes series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more)

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All There Is: Love Stories from Storycorps
All There Is: Love Stories from Storycorps
by Dave Isay
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A celebration of love from StoryCorps. In All There Is, founder Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project, revealing the many and remarkable paths that relationships can take. From the excitement and... (read more)

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The Dance (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
The Dance (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
by Everymans
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From the selected works of such celebrated and beloved poets as W. H. Auden, Robert and Elizabeth Browning, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and William Shakespeare, to anthologies on Jazz and Blues and Beat Poets, to collections on the... (read more)

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