The best American nonrequired reading 2007 /
The best American nonrequired reading 2007 /
edited by Dave Eggers ; introduction by Sufjan Stevens.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2007.
- a xxvii, 353 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.
50500 |t Introduction / |r Sufjan Stevens -- |t Q & A / |r Dave Eggers -- |t Best American names for horses expected to have undistinguished careers / |r Mike Richardson-Bryan -- |t Best American beginnings of ten stories about ponies -- |t Best American first sentences of novels published in 2006 -- |t Best American new brand names -- |t Best American six-word memoirs -- |t Best American personals from around the world -- |t Best American article titles from the best American trade magazines -- |t Best American creationist explanations for the world's natural wonders -- |t Best American new animal plagues / |r Steve Newman -- |t Best American failed television pilots -- |t Best American names of television programs taken to their logical conclusion / |r Joe O'Neill -- |t Best American police blotter items -- |t Middle American gothic / |r Jonathan
9780618902767 (cased) 0618902767 (cased) 9780618902811 (pbk.) 0618902813 (pbk.)
American prose literature -- 21st century.
Short stories, American.
American wit and humor--21st century.
American prose literature.
Short stories.
American wit and humor.
PS645 / B47 2007
810.08 B561 2007
Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.
50500 |t Introduction / |r Sufjan Stevens -- |t Q & A / |r Dave Eggers -- |t Best American names for horses expected to have undistinguished careers / |r Mike Richardson-Bryan -- |t Best American beginnings of ten stories about ponies -- |t Best American first sentences of novels published in 2006 -- |t Best American new brand names -- |t Best American six-word memoirs -- |t Best American personals from around the world -- |t Best American article titles from the best American trade magazines -- |t Best American creationist explanations for the world's natural wonders -- |t Best American new animal plagues / |r Steve Newman -- |t Best American failed television pilots -- |t Best American names of television programs taken to their logical conclusion / |r Joe O'Neill -- |t Best American police blotter items -- |t Middle American gothic / |r Jonathan
9780618902767 (cased) 0618902767 (cased) 9780618902811 (pbk.) 0618902813 (pbk.)
American prose literature -- 21st century.
Short stories, American.
American wit and humor--21st century.
American prose literature.
Short stories.
American wit and humor.
PS645 / B47 2007
810.08 B561 2007