The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
(Editor) Dave Eggers, (Introduction) Beck
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2005
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(Best American series). Contributors include, among others: Aimee Bender, Daniel Clowes, Al Franken, Jeff Gordimer, Jhumpa Lahiri, William Vollman, Lauren Weedman. Contributors' Notes, Notable Nonrequired Readingof 2004. 327p.
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- Title
- The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
- Author
- (Editor) Dave Eggers, (Introduction) Beck
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0618570489
- ISBN 13
- 9780618570485
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- LIT NON FICTION-ANTHOLOGY
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.
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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.
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