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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 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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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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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 Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poetry Anthology, a
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: Poetry Anthology, a
by Robert Bly
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Boys feel wild; they love their tree houses, their wild spots in the woods, they all want to go down to the river, with Huck, away from domesticating aunts. Boys love to see some wildness in their fathers, to see their fathers dancing or carrying on... (read more)

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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
by Joyce Carol Oates
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"How ironic," Joyce Carol Oates writes in her introduction to this marvelous collection, "that in our age of rapid mass-production and the easy proliferation of consumer products, the richness and diversity of the American literary imagination should be... (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 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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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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The Best American Short Stories of the Century
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
by John Updike and Katrina Kenison
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Since its debut volume 85 years ago, publication of The Best American Short Stories has been a regular literary event, providing an annual showcase for America's greatest established writers and consistently discovering and introducing the best... (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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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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Please: Fiction Inspired by the Smiths
Please: Fiction Inspired by the Smiths
by Peter Wild
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As he did with Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth, editor Peter Wild has pulled together an eclectic list of talented writers who take their cue from one of the worlds best loved bands—The Smiths. Please is sure to please fans of The Smiths,... (read more)

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Birds, Beasts, and Seas: Nature Poems
Birds, Beasts, and Seas: Nature Poems
by Jeffrey Yang
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The year 2011 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of New Directions, and what better way to celebrate than to dive into the diversity of its poets reveling in the wonders and joys of nature. Arranged chronologically by each poet's birth, Birds, Beasts... (read more)

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A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry /
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry /
by Czeslaw Milosz
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A fine collection of Milosz's favorite poems, A Book of Luminous Things casts a wide net over time and place. It's at once an excellent book for novice readers of poetry and long-time admirers.... (read more)

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The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction
by Joyce Carol Oates and Christopher R. Beha
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My favorite collection of short fiction to come along in some time. Many of the stories I've gone back to again and again over the years, and plenty more I've discovered here for the first time. The book has been on my end table for a month now, and it... (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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Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts
Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts
by David Shields
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In our bureaucratized culture, we’re inundated by documents: itineraries, instruction manuals, permit forms, primers, letters of complaint, end-of-year reports, accidentally forwarded email, traffic updates, ad infinitum. David Shields and Matthew... (read more)

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