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Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories by James Thomas Publisher Comments How short can a story be and still truly be a story? This volume of 75 very short fictions, none more than 750 words in length, demonstrates that less can be more. Here are short pieces by masters such as Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, and Tim O'Brien,... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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New Worlds of Literature: Writings from America's Many Cultures by Jerome Beaty Publisher Comments Contemporary, Cross-Cultural, American Writing. With 28 stories, 30 essays and autobiographical narratives, 90 poems , and 6 plays, New Worlds of Literature, Second Edition, Brings together vibrant new Writing that reflects the diverse ethnic, cultural... (read more) List Price $66.50 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories by Tobias Wolff Publisher Comments The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As selected and introduced by Tobias Wolff, they also make up an alternate map of the United States that represents not just... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Best American Essays 2011 (Best American Essays) by Edwidge Danticat Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rotten English: A Literary Anthology by Dohra Ahmad Publisher Comments Rotten English spans the globe to offer an overview of the best non-standard English writing of the past two centuries, with a focus on the most recent decades. What would once have been derogatorily termed "dialect literature" has come into its own in a... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Best Creative Nonfiction Vol. 2 (Best Creative Nonfiction) by Lee Gutkind Publisher Comments 'Anyone still asking, \'What is creative nonfiction?\' will find the answer in this collection of artfully crafted, true stories. Selected by Lee Gutkind, the \'godfather behind creative nonfiction,\' and the staff of Creative Nonfiction, these stories\'\... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America by Robert Shapard Publisher Comments Following on the success of the Flash Fiction and Sudden Fiction series, Robert Shapard and James Thomas join with Ray Gonzalez in selecting works that each present a complete story in less than 1,500 words. Luisa Valenzuela, one of Latin America's most... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times by Kevin Smokler Publisher Comments An anthology of original essays from our most intriguing young writers, Bookmark Now boldly addresses the significance of the production of literature in the twenty-first century. Or simply, "How do we talk about writing and reading in an age where they... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Trade Paper
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20 under 40: Stories from the New Yorker by Deborah Treisman Publisher Comments In June 2010, the editors of The New Yorker announced to widespread media coverage their selection of “20 Under 40”—the young fiction writers who are, or will be, central to their generation. The magazine published twenty stories by... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Dance (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Everymans Publisher Comments 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) List Price $12.25 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Please: Fiction Inspired by the Smiths by Peter Wild Publisher Comments 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) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond by Tina Chang Publisher Comments Language for a New Century celebrates the artistic and cultural forces flourishing today in the East, bringing together an unprecedented selection of works by South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Central Asian poets as well as poets living in the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction by Joyce Carol Oates and Christopher R. Beha Staff Pick 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) List Price $18.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War by Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton Publisher Comments These stories aren't pretty and they aren't for the faint of heart. They are realistic, haunting and shocking. And they are all unforgettable. Television reports, movies, newspapers and blogs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have offered images of... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Poems for the Millennium, Volume Three: The University of California Book of Romantic & Postromantic Poetry by Jerome Rothenberg Publisher Comments "It would be impossible to overstate the wonders of this masterpiece of radical humanism. Expansive erudition, fundamental sensitivity, passionate intelligence, concern, adventurousness, and love inform this volume's structure and its substance... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Best Creative Nonfiction, Volume 1 by Lee Gutkind Publisher Comments Anyone still asking, 'What is creative nonfiction?' will find the answer in this collection of artfully crafted, true stories. Selected by Lee Gutkind, the 'godfather behind creative nonfiction,' and the staff of Creative Nonfiction, these stories... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement by Toni Morrison Publisher Comments Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves. As Americans we often take our... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fault Lines Stories of Divorce by Caitlin Shetterly Publisher Comments Now available in trade paperback-- a first-of-its-kind collection, this bestselling anthology represents a journey through the rocky terrain of separation and divorce, from the viewpoints of the various people affected by the dissolution of a marriage... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Christmas Miscellany: A Victorian Holiday Treasury by Ian Jackman Publisher Comments A Christmas Miscellany harkens back to the magic and wonder of Christmases past. Find here a delightful grab-bag of Victorian-era stories, news clippings, poems, recipes, gift suggestions, and so much more. Inside are recipes for plum cake and cream... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Soothing Soak: A Bathtub Reader by Melcher Media Publisher Comments From the same team that produced the wildly popular "Aqua Erotica comes "The Soothing Soak: A Bathtub Reader, a collection of sensuous and spiritually uplifting stories, meditations, and poetry. "The Soothing Soak is the perfect companion for bathers in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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