The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005

Dave Eggers, Editor; Beck, Introduction

ISBN 10: 0618570489 / ISBN 13: 9780618570485

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2005

About this Item

Light shelf wear to the covers. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy that is unread. Includes essays by Aimee Bender, Al Franken, Jhumpa Lahiri, William T. Vollmann among many others.

Seller Inventory # 005992

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618570489
• ISBN 13: 9780618570485
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthologies

About this title

Synopsis

The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. For each volume, the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field, making the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 includes

Daniel Alarcón • Aimee Bender • Dan Chaon • Daniel Clowes • Tish Durkin • Stephen Elliott • Al Franken • Jhumpa Lahiri • Rattawut Lapcharoensap • Anders Nilsen • Georges Saunders • William T. Vollmann • and others

Dave Eggers, editor, is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity!, and How We Are Hungry, and the editor of McSweeney's. He is the founder of 826 Valencia, a San Francisco writing lab for young people.

Beck, guest introducer, whose single "Loser" was instantly labeled an anthem for the slacker generation, is also known for his Grammy Award-winning albums Odelay and Mutations.

About the Author

DAVE EGGERS is the editor of McSweeney’s and a cofounder of 826 National, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers for youth, located in seven cities across the United States. He is the author of four books, including What Is the What and How We Are Hungry.