The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 PDF Author: Daniel Handler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544129660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Daniel Handler and Lemony Snicket compile the year's best new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and category-defying gems aimed at readers 15 and up.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 PDF Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618246960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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The "fresh anthology of hip American writings" (Forth Worth Morning Star-Telegram) returns this year with a spectacular array of fiction, nonfiction, and humor, drawn from traditional and alternative magazines by Dave Eggers.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015 PDF Author: 826 National
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544569636
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Orphan Master's Son, works with group of high school students out of 826 San Francisco to select the year's best new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and category-defying gems aimed at readers 15 and up.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 PDF Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780618902828
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This brilliant collection highlights a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever. Compiled by Dave Eggers and students from his San Francisco writing center, contributors include Judy Budnitz, "The Onion, The Daily Show, This American Life," and George Packer.

Nonrequired Reading

Nonrequired Reading PDF Author: Wislawa Szymborska
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544618858
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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"Unquestionably one of the great living European poets. She's accessible and deeply human and a joy--though it is a dark kind of joy--to read. . . . She is a poet to live with." —Robert Hass, The Washington Post Book World Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading." As readers of her poems would expect, the short prose pieces collected here are anything but ordinary. Reflecting the author's own eclectic tastes and interests, the pretexts for these ruminations range from books on wallpapering, cooking, gardening, and yoga, to more lofty volumes on opera and world literature. Unpretentious yet incisive, these charming pieces are on a par with Szymborska's finest lyrics, tackling the same large and small questions with a wonderful curiosity.

Lost In Summerland

Lost In Summerland PDF Author: Barrett Swanson
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640094199
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American amid the swirl of our post-truth climate in this collection of critically acclaimed essays and reportage. A trip with his brother to a New York psychic community becomes a rollicking tour through the world of American spiritualism. At a wilderness retreat in Ohio, men seek a cure for toxic masculinity, while in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, antiwar veterans turn to farming when they cannot sustain the heroic myth of service. And when his best friend’s body washes up on the shores of the Mississippi River, he falls into the gullet of true crime discussion boards, exploring the stamina of conspiracy theories along the cankered byways of the Midwest. In this exhilarating debut, Barrett Swanson introduces us to a new reality. At a moment when grand unifying narratives have splintered into competing storylines, these critically acclaimed essays document the many routes by which people are struggling to find stability in the aftermath of our country’s political and economic collapse, sometimes at dire and disillusioning costs.

Sacrifice of Darkness

Sacrifice of Darkness PDF Author: Roxane Gay
Publisher: Boom! Studios
ISBN: 1646680367
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay (World of Wakanda, Difficult Women) adapts her short story “We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness” as a full-length graphic novel with writer Tracy Lynne Oliver (This Weekend), and artist Rebecca Kirby (Biopsy.) Expanding an unforgettable world where a tragic event forever bathes the world in darkness, The Sacrifice of Darkness follows one woman’s powerful journey through this new landscape as she discovers love, family, and the true light in a world seemingly robbed of any. This young adult drama challenges notions of identity, guilt, and survival in a graphic novel for fans of On A Sunbeam and Are You Listening?

The Best American Comics 2019

The Best American Comics 2019 PDF Author: Jillian Tamaki
Publisher: Best American Series (R)
ISBN: 0358067286
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 409

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Jillian Tamaki, co-author of This One Summer, picks the best graphic pieces of the year. Jillian Tamaki, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller This One Summer, selects the best graphic pieces of the year. The Best American Comics 2019 showcases the work of established and up-and-coming artists, collecting work found in the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, in galleries, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics form today.

The Best American Sports Writing 2014

The Best American Sports Writing 2014 PDF Author: Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544147006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 415

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The Best American Sports Writing gathers the very best from sports journalists from the past year.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading, 2002

The Best American Nonrequired Reading, 2002 PDF Author: Michael Cart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780618246939
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.