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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 (The Best American Series ®) by Dave Eggers, Kevin Brockmeier, Judy Budnitz, Louise Erdrich, Olivia Hamilton, Phil Klay, Nora Krug, Anthony Marra, Julie Otsuka, Michael Poore, Eric Puchner, Mark Robert Rapacz, Chaz Reetz-Laiolo, Ryan Rivas, Jon Ronson, George Saunders, Mona Simpson, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Adrian Tomine, Jose Antonio Vargas, Jess Walter, Wesley Yang is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 (The Best American Series ®) about?
A “category-defying [and] engaging” collection of short fiction and nonfiction by Phil Klay, George Saunders, Jess Walter, Nora Krug, and more (Kirkus Reviews).Chosen by Dave Eggers and a freewheeling discussion group of passionate student readers, this edition of the annual anthology includes selections ranging from novelist Mona Simpson's eulogy for her brother Steve Jobs to a piece by prize-winning historian Adam Hochschild first published in the Occupied Wall Street Journal to short fiction from Louise Erdrich and Julie Otsuka. They are not on the syllabus. There will not be a test. You are not required to read them. But you'll probably be glad you did.The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 also features works by Sherman Alexie • Kevin Brockmeier • Judy Budnitz • Junot Díaz • Robert Hass • Eric Puchner • Said Sayrafiezadeh • Adrian Tomine • Wesley Yang • and others“An excellent literary compilation... Eggers deserves credit for another first-rate collection.” —Publishers Weekly
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Dave Eggers, Kevin Brockmeier, Judy Budnitz, Louise Erdrich, Olivia Hamilton, Phil Klay, Nora Krug, Anthony Marra, Julie Otsuka, Michael Poore, Eric Puchner, Mark Robert Rapacz, Chaz Reetz-Laiolo, Ryan Rivas, Jon Ronson, George Saunders, Mona Simpson, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Adrian Tomine, Jose Antonio Vargas, Jess Walter, Wesley Yang
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780544310001
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Collections, Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (599 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
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