The best American nonrequired reading 2009

Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literature, including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.

Other Authors: Eggers, Dave.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Series: Best American series
Best American series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction /
  • Marjane Satrapi
  • Best American titles of books published in 2008
  • Best American titles of poems published in 2008
  • Best American censorship blunder
  • Best American festival names
  • Best American letter to the editor
  • Best American college annual alumni reports from 2008
  • Best American new band names
  • Best American hair analysis narrative
  • Best American anonymous postcards
  • Best American bank heists
  • Best American lawsuits
  • Best American Craigslist items and offers to barter
  • Best American police blotter items for Johnson County, Kansas
  • Best American karate tribute
  • Best American farmer's calendar column
  • Best American kids' letters to Obama
  • Best American comic by a French artist
  • Captioning for the blind /
  • Rebecca Bengal
  • Relations /
  • Eula Biss
  • Triplet /
  • Susan Breen
  • Diary of a fire lookout /
  • Philip Connors
  • Everything I know about my family on my mother's side /
  • Nathan Englander
  • The
  • ticking is the bomb /
  • Nick Flynn
  • David foster Wallace /
  • Jonathan Franzen
  • Monster /
  • Rebekah Frumkin
  • Wild berry blue /
  • Rivka Galchen
  • A
  • product of this town /
  • J. Malcolm Garcia
  • Your exhausted heart /
  • Anne Gisleson
  • The
  • chameleon /
  • David Grann
  • Boomtown, Iraq /
  • Denis Johnson
  • Million year boom /
  • Tom Kaczynski
  • The
  • temp /
  • Amelia Kahaney
  • The
  • briefcase /
  • Rebecca Makkai
  • The
  • good word /
  • Yannick Murphy
  • Mississippi drift /
  • Matthew Power
  • The
  • outlaw bride /
  • K.G. Schneider
  • How to work a locker room /
  • Michelle Seaton
  • Further notes on my unfortunate condition /
  • Nick St. John.