| Description |
xix, 247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Best American series. 1539-316X
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Hill country / Patricia Sammon -- Follow the drinking gourd / Charles Johnson -- Curse for the American dream / Jane Wong-- Barbarians at the gate / Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling-- I worked with Avital Ronell. I believe her accuser/ Andrea Long Chu-- Holton Arms class of 1984. to the United States Congress-- Diagnosis in reverse / Kate Gaskin-- On true war stories/ Viet Thanh Nguyen-- The frog king / Garth Greenwell-- Child A / Emily Rinkema-- As the sparks fly upward / Renee Branum-- Arabic lesson / Latifa Ayad -- Barbara from Florida/ Maddy Raskulinecz-- It's natural (selected comics)/ Nathaniel Russell -- Our Belgian wife / Uche Okonkwo-- Self-care / Robin Coste Lewis -- The brothers Aguayo/ Devin Gordon -- Naked and vulnerable, the rest is circumstance / Sylvia Chan -- Spring / Mikko Harvey -- The babyland diaries / Angela Garbes -- Two poems / Britteney Black Rose Kapri-- The Gettysburg Address (sound translations 1 and 2 / Keith Donnell Jr. -- Almost Human / Deborah Taffa -- Macho / Margaret Ross -- The lake and the onion / David Drury. |
| Summary |
This anthology presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2019, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics. |
| Subject |
American prose literature -- 21st century.
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American wit and humor -- 21st century.
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Short stories, American.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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Humor.
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Creative nonfiction.
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| Added Author |
Lepucki, Edan, editor.
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Kilat, Beatrice, editor.
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826 National (Organization), editor.
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| Added Title |
Nonrequired reading 2019 |
| ISBN |
9780358093169 |
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0358093163 |
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