Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Format: Book Title: The best American nonrequired reading 2016 / edited by Rachel Kushner and the students of 826 National ; managing editor, Daniel Gumbiner. Publisher, Date: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016] ©2016 Description: xv, 415 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. Summary: This anthology presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2015, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics. Series: Best American series, ISSN: 1539-316X Best American series. Subjects: American prose literature -- 21st century. American wit and humor -- 21st century. Short stories, American. Genre: Short stories. Humor. Other Author: Kushner, Rachel, editor. Gumbiner, Daniel, managing editor. 826 National (Organization), editor. Other Title: Nonrequired reading 2016 Notes: "A Mariner original." Includes bibliographical references. Contents: The Grozny tourist bureau / Anthony Marra -- An oral history of Abdelrahman Al-Ahmar / Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek -- Jelly and Jack / Dana Spiotta -- The Teflon toxin / Sharon Lerner -- How I became a prison gardener / Michele Scott -- The gentlest village / Jesse Ball -- An interview with President Obama / Marilynne Robinson -- Buena Vista Park, 2 A.M. / sam sax -- The miracle years of Little Fork / Rebecca Makkai -- Death-qualified / Gary Indiana -- The trip treatment / Michael Pollan -- Strong city / Da'Shay Portis -- Sudba I / Anna Kovatcheva -- Homer Dill's undead / Inara Verzemnieks -- Reluctant citizens / Kyle Boelte -- Shadehill / Mark Hitz -- Dream house / Ariana Reines -- Killing and dying / Adrian Tomine -- On this side / Yuko Sakata -- The lonely death of George Bell / N.R. Kleinfield -- The death of the sky / David Wagoner -- Bandit / Molly Brodak -- Borb / Jason Little -- Last poem for Oe / Laurel Hunt -- Things I know to be true / Kendra Fortmeyer -- Five poems / Dan Hoy -- Algorithmic problem solving for father-daughter relationships / Xuan Juliana Wang -- Brown vs. Ferguson / Endnotes -- Contributors' notes -- The Best American Nonrequired Reading Committee -- Notable nonrequired reading of 2015 -- About 826 National -- About ScholarMatch. ISBN: 0544812115 9780544812116 9780544812116 Other Number: 932050826 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 696144 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 818.08 Best Ame Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
