TY - BOOK AU - Eggers, Dave. AU - Stevens, Sufjan. TI - The best American nonrequired reading 2007 / SN - 9780618902767 (cased) AV - PS645 B47 2007 U1 - 810.08 B561 2007 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - American prose literature KW - 21st century KW - Short stories, American KW - American wit and humor KW - 21st century KW - American prose literature. KW - sears KW - Short stories. KW - American wit and humor. N1 - English language and literature N2 - 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 ER -