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Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 by Dave Eggers and Zadie Smith (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100618246967

ISBN-139780618246960

eBay Product ID (ePID)2479171

Product Key Features

Book TitleBest American Nonrequired Reading 2003

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicFantasy / Collections & Anthologies, American / General, Essays

GenreFiction, Literary Collections

AuthorDave Eggers, Zadie Smith

Book SeriesBest American Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.4 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"An excellent literary compilation . . . Eggers deserves credit for another first-rate collection." Publishers Weekly

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Series Volume Number0

Table Of ContentContents Foreword by Dave Eggers xi Introduction: Dead Men Talking by Zadie Smith xxiv Sherman Alexie. What Sacagawea Means to Me 1 from Time Lynda Barry. Common Scents 5 from One! Hundred! Demons! Ryan Boudinot. The Littlest Hitler 24 from Mississippi Review Mark Bowden. Tales of the Tyrant 33 from Atlantic Monthly Michael Buckley. The Meticulous Grove of Black and Green 76 from Alaska Quarterly Review Judy Budnitz. Visiting Hours 97 from Harper's Magazine David Drury. Things We Knew When the House Caught Fire 116 from Little Engines Jonathan Safran Foer. A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease 135 from The New Yorker Lisa Gabriele. The Guide to Being a Groupie 143 from Nerve.com Amanda Holzer. Love and Other Catastrophes: A Mix Tape 148 from Story Quarterly Chuck Klosterman. The Pretenders 150 from New York Times Magazine K. Kvashay-Boyle. Saint Chola 159 from McSweeney's Dylan Landis. Rana Fegrina 174 from Tin House Andrea Lee. Golden Chariot 184 from Zoetrope J. T. Leroy. Stuff 196 from 7 x 7 Douglas Light. Three Days. A Month. More. 202 from Alaska Quarterly Review Nasdijj. Touching Him 211 from Columbia Review I'll Try Anything With a Detached Air of Superiority 222 from The Onion George Packer. How Susie Bayer's T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama's Back 224 from New York Times Magazine ZZ Packer. The Ant of the Self 237 from The New Yorker James Pinkerton. How to Write Suspense 258 from Modern Humorist David Sedaris. Rooster at the Hitchin' Post 263 from Esquire Jason Stella. Astroturf: How Manufactured "Grassroots" Movements Are Subverting Democracy 273 from Shout John Verbos. Lost Boys 280 from Pindeldyboz Daniel Voll. Riot Baby (Life in South Central Los Angeles) 294 from Esquire Contributors' Notes 321 Notable Nonrequired Reading of 2002 328

SynopsisThe "fresh anthology of hip American writings" (Forth Worth Morning Star-Telegram) returns this year with a spectacular array of fiction, nonfiction, and humor, drawn from traditional and alternative magazines by Dave Eggers., 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, the very best pieces are selected by an editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field, making the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. Dave Eggers, who will be editing The Best American Nonrequired Reading annually, has once again chosen the best and least-expected fiction, nonfiction, satire, investigative reporting, alternative comics, and more from publications large, small, and on-line -- The Onion, The New Yorker, Shout, Time, Zoetrope, Tin House, Nerve.com, and McSweeney's, to name just a few. Read on for "Some of the best literature you haven't been reading . . . And it's fantastic. All of it." (St. Petersburg Times). Lynda Barry Jonathan Safran Foer Lisa Gabriele Andrea Lee J. T. Leroy Nasdijj ZZ Packer David Sedaris, 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, the very best pieces are selected by an editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field, making the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. Dave Eggers, who will be editing The Best American Nonrequired Reading annually, has once again chosen the best and least-expected fiction, nonfiction, satire, investigative reporting, alternative comics, and more from publications large, small, and on-line -- The Onion, The New Yorker, Shout, Time, Zoetrope, Tin House, Nerve.com,and McSweeney's, to name just a few. Read on for "Some of the best literature you haven't been reading . . . And it's fantastic. All of it." (St. Petersburg Times). Lynda Barry Jonathan Safran Foer Lisa Gabriele Andrea Lee J. T. Leroy Nasdijj ZZ Packer David Sedaris