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The Pushcart Prize XXXV: Best of the Small Presses
In The Pushcart Prize XXXV more than sixty selections of brilliant short stories, essays, and poetry have been picked from thousands of nominations. This is a communal effort by the Pushcart Press staff, contributing editors, and hundreds of small presses. For this edition distinguished poets Julie Sheehan and Tom Sleigh served as poetry editors. The result is an introduct...more
Paperback, 580 pages
Published
November 15th 2010
by Pushcart Press
(first published November 2nd 2010)
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I have a story in the 2011 edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology (pub date: Nov 15, 2010)!
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Apr 18, 2012
Alisha
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It looks like this will be a book full of decent poetry and fiction. That being said, I am a bit turned off by the Luddite attitude of the editor. Apparently anything but a traditionally bound text is a "fake" book. He comes off as so extremely elitist it's little wonder people think me pretentious when they find out I write poetry.
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I was really pleased with the poetry selections in this year's pushcart anthology. There were the usual big hitters: Chase Twitchell, Paul Muldoon and Louise Gluck, but also a few poets I've not heard of, and I read contemporary poetry pretty widely. My favorite: "The Problem of Water" by Emily Toder, originally published in Sixth Finch. Favorite line: "The second problem of water/ is that it is tempting for people/ to give birth in it" and, "/Water is often offered/ after there has been a human...more
As the cover states "There is nothing quite like this labor of love...". The Best of Small Pesses, big writings.
Of course, as with all books of this type, you don't love every story, every poem. But there are many that will languish in my memory, a few I will even pass on to others.
I'm not usually a poem-person, to literal for all that, but there are a few in this genre that also spoke loudly to me.
Of course, as with all books of this type, you don't love every story, every poem. But there are many that will languish in my memory, a few I will even pass on to others.
I'm not usually a poem-person, to literal for all that, but there are a few in this genre that also spoke loudly to me.
The fiction is outstanding. Detailed Comments on each story plus summary (with possible spoilers) available at A Just Recompense
Good collection of short stories, although a few I skipped. Anthony Dooer's The River Nemunas stands out, a great telling of a young boy's path from the grief of the loss of his parents.
Sep 26, 2012
Amanda Unger
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The first story, "Phantoms," is one of the best short stories I have ever read!
My favorite piece was "The Caul of Inshallah" by Mohja Kahf.
You know... some fine, some bad, some interesting. The fine, the bad, and the interesting.
The essential short works collection of the year.
I will never again miss the chance to read the annual Pushcart Prize book, cover to cover. "Best of the small presses" is exactly what this book delivers ... to a reader's delight.
Everything in this anthology won a Pushcart Prize... what more can I say, really? This was my first time reading a Pushcart collection, and now I'm kind of obsessed.
Jan 31, 2013
Brandi Larsen
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There's a reason these are award-winning stories. Wow.
Mar 09, 2013
Logan Seidl
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