false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180476130m/1045408.jpg 22428 2 A brilliant collection, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 highlights a bold mix of fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and more alternative comics than ever. Compiled by Dave Eggers and students from his San Francisco writing center, contributors include Judy Budnitz, Joe Sacco, Cat Bohannon, Kurt Vonnegut, Julia Sweeney, Haruki Murakami, The Onion, The Daily Show, This American Life, and George Packer. 1992685 11 10 2006 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 (The Best American Series) total:1072|5:237|4:508|3:288|2:35|1:4| 1072 4155 1503 118 1 1 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 17:56:43 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 16:42:31 -0800 2008 1, sadly
This book was pathetic. The title: Best Americ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 16 16:20:12 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 16:20:12 -0800 2008
As the name would imply, the editors pulled from both fiction and ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 05:48:31 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 07:33:10 -0700 2007 The Best American Nonrequired Reading series even exists. It seems to be a collection of short stories, comics and essays that didn't make it into their respective Best American collections (there is no poetry here). The 2006 edition of Nonrequired Reading is a very mixed bag...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 11:38:40 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 12:06:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 17:25:20 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 16:21:38 -0700 2009
First, it starts with @ 50 pages of 'best american' things. Things such as best american epigraph whereina contemporary writer quotes a great writer who died in 200...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 22:10:35 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 09:23:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 27 15:53:48 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 28 19:11:01 -0700 2008 I'm a fan of the Nonrequired Reading series and how the volumes are compiled. Were I a teacher, I'd swipe the idea for my class: encourage students to read and select pieces that speak to them, and then share the best writing with their peers in a book that reflects not onl...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 26 09:27:11 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 15:43:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 07:09:59 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 07:21:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 22:53:46 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 09:31:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 18 17:34:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 18 17:46:27 -0700 2007
It's cool that they are including more media, but come on...the screenwriting selection was "Me, Y...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 20:01:42 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 22:42:28 -0700 2009 This is a pretty great sampling of what people were thinking about at the time. There are things here that I read when they were originally published, and o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Aug 08 14:47:41 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 14:47:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 16:30:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 16:34:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 25 09:09:43 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 09:09:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 10:21:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 08:38:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 11 10:21:35 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 10:50:42 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 08:29:44 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 08:38:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 21:35:44 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 19:12:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 19 15:32:32 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 17:12:42 -0800 2009 ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1045408