379 pages
English language
Published Aug. 2, 2008 by Houghton Mifflin.
The best American nonrequired reading 2008
by Elizabeth Gonzalez,
Didier Lefèvre,
Frederic Lemercier,
Dave Eggers,
Courtney Moreno,
Etgar Keret,
T Ott,
Rutu Modan,
Amy Waldman,
Patricio Pron,
David Gessner,
Andrew Sean Greer,
Evan Ratliff,
Rana Dasgupta,
Rachel Aviv,
Emmanuel Guibert,
Stephen King,
Sherman Alexie,
Helon Haliba,
Emily Raboteau,
Raffi Khartchadourian,
Laurie Weeks,
George Saunders,
Paul Hornschemeier,
Gene Weingarten,
Kurt Vonnegut,
Lilli Carré,
Laura van den Berg,
Tamas Dobozy,
Marjorie Celona,
Jake Swearingen,
David Rohde,
Tea Obreht,
J. Malcom Garcia,
Patrick Tobin,
Malerie Willens,
Nora Bonner,
Bryan Furuness
3 stars
(1 review)
Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literatue including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.
Subjects
- American prose literature -- 21st century.
- Short stories, American.
- American essays -- 21st century.
- American wit and humor -- 21st century.