TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eggers,Dave
TI  - The best American nonrequired reading, 2005
SN  - 0618570470
AV  - PS645 .B47 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin
KW  - American literature
KW  - Short stories
KW  - American prose literature
KW  - 21st century
KW  - American essays
N1  - 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 ÌLovely / 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
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