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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very cool collection of short fiction and non-fiction. It's a very diverse group of writers and definitely worth a read. Great for long flights and vacations too. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not a knock against this collection, I'm just pointing out a coincidence:<br/>Both JT Leroy and Nasdijj contributed to this book.  Both later turned out not to be actual people.  Or something.  It was confusing.  And book people tend to get mad when you say that you are a self-taught native...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61451788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[best travel reading ever.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn’t as impressed with this collection as I was with the previous year’s. There seemed to be more pieces here that deal with adolescences, and while that is just fine as I feel any subject is a good one if it’s written about in an interesting way, I got lost in the middle of this collectio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12896344">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the most varied collections of short stories I have read in quite some time.  Occassionally it becomes clear that the collection is meant for people to say &quot;this is the most varied collection I've read&quot; which does show it lacks some sort of central theme, something to hold o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4209569">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is totally a guinea pig. a few of the stories in here were excellent. shout out to &quot;the ant of the self&quot; by zz packer. a kooky story by js foer (&quot;a primer for the punctuation of heart disease&quot;). another cool article by chuck klosterman abt tribute bands. &quot;riot baby&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38437639">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far:<br/><br/>I'm mostly interested in selections involving heinous dictators: <em>The Littlest Hitler</em> and <em>Tales of a Tyrant</em>, an examination of the life of Saddam Hussein! I don't know why, but they're the most engaging pieces I've read thus far, and they're absolutely nothing alike. I mean, I'm pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1089177">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection is, at best, a compendium of hit and miss articles and short stories and, at worst, a collection of writers that remind me of everything I don't like about Dave Eggers.  This book has been bathroom reading, sitting on the back of the toilet in case I find myself trapped in the commod...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10633256">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I left the copy I was reading in the dressing room at Joe's Pub.  Boo...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dave Eggers is so funny. I heard him read the full version of his intro to this book in Austin. The full and the edited versions are both great pieces of writing. He just gets inside the head of this preteen character and shares those thoughts with the reader. Zadie Smith's piece perfectly describes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7380252">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story I remember and like best was the last one, written from the viewpoint of a 14 year old high school freshman; flip through the author biographies and you find out that it IS actually written by a 14 year old high school freshman who remains anonymous. It makes me so curious. Did her parents...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20461603">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stories I loved: <br/><br/>'The Meticulous Grove of Black and Green' -Michael Buckley<br/><br/>'Visiting Hours' -Judy Budnitz<br/><br/>'Things We Knew When the House Caught Fire' -David Drury<br/><br/>'Love and Other Catastrophes: A Mix Tape' -Amanda Holzer<br/><br/>'Stuff' J.T. Leroy<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12363592">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i've learned so far that i'm not very good at engaging with collections by various authors.  i'm constantly forgetting that i'm reading this book because nothing is really wetting my appetite to read a new story by someone else new that i know nothing about.  i'll make it through eventually.  would ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36784827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this entire series. I've read this year and one other year (I can't remember which) and really enjoyed them both. Each book has a variety of literary work: fiction, poems, non-fiction, comics: you name it, they have it! And its all amazing, hence the name &quot;Best...reading&quot; Its a grea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16692891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i bought this book a while ago, recently read it, and really enjoyed it.  i like the mix of genres and found pieces by authors that i will now seek out.  i've always enjoyed the annual &quot;best american short stories&quot; and &quot;best american mysteries&quot; and am excited that i found a new a...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dave Eggers does a great job editing this collection of short stories and journalism. Apparently there are 4 more editions now...I'm behind the times sorry. I can't think of a bad piece in this collection, hopefully the other installments are as good as i plan on reading them now. Bust check this ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24929607">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[2007 Was by far better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read the 2002, 2003, and 2005 editions of this series. If I remember correctly this was the worst. It was still good. I think at the time I didn't realize it was for high school students, so I was confused by how heavily weighted it was toward coming of age stories...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a plethora of delightful stories from various authors that could be on the rise.  A good book to have around just to take a short vacation from others, because the style of the authors feels so new and at times that is all you want when you get to sit down and read.]]></body>
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