Dave Eggers and his students at the 826 Valencia and 826 Michigan writing labs compile fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and comics, as well as category-defying gems that have become one of the hallmarks of this lively collection.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016
โ Scribed by Rachel Kushner
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;Mariner Books
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 5 MB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"If you need to fall in love with reading again --or just want a reminder that high school students deserve a lot more than their reading lists give them--then this is the book for you." --Bust
Guest editor Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers, works with a group of high school students out of 826 San Francisco to select The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015. The BANR Committee gathers weekly in the basement of a small publishing house in San Francisco to read literary magazines, chapbooks, graphic novels, blogs, transcripts, and anything else that strikes their fancy. They are assisted by a group of 826 students that meet in the basement of a robot shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Presents literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.