Heroes of the Frontier

by Dave Eggers

They were from nowhere. To be American is to be blank, and a true American is truly blank. Thus, all in all, Josie was a truly great American.

Josie paged through the years of her life, trying to remember a decision she had made and was proud of, and she found nothing.

“Every Disappointment Is a Crime,”

The same terrible women (and men) who drove aggressively to yoga now drove aggressively to the organic grocery store and parked angrily—they stole the last parking spot from some elderly citizens hoping to use the nearby pharmacy, got out and rushed from their cars, half-livid, to buy havarti and prosecco and veggie burgers. These people were now all over Josie’s