The best American nonrequired reading, 2005 / 
edited by Dave Eggers ; introduction by Beck. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  2005. 
 - xxxii, 327 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
 - Best American series. .
<br/><br/>Passing periods / Joe Sayers -- The mediocrity principle / Anders Nilsen -- Florida / Daniel Alarcon -- The death of Mustango Salvaje / Jessica Anthony -- Tiger mending / Aimee Bender -- Free burgers for life / Ryan Boudinot -- Five forgotten instincts / Dan Chaon -- Lyndon / Amber Dermont -- A lynching in stereoscope / Stephanie Dickinson -- Heavy metal mercenary / Tish Durkin -- My little brother ruined my life / Stephen Elliott -- Tearaway burkas and tinplate menorahs / Al Franken -- The lost boys / Jeff Gordinier -- Roadkill / Kate Krauthammer -- Hell-heaven / Jhumpa Lahiri -- At the Caf ĚLovely / Rattawut Lapcharoensap -- Catalogue sales / Molly McNett -- Bohemians & Manifesto / George Saunders -- The joke / J. David Stevens -- The myth of the frequent flier / Jonathan Tel -- Girls I know / Douglas Trevor -- They came out like ants! / William T. Vollmann -- Diary of a journal reader / Lauren Weedman. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0618570470 0618570489 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780618570478 9780618570485 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature.<br/>Short stories.<br/>American prose literature--21st century.<br/>American essays--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS645  / .B47 2005