Bibliograph

The best American nonrequired reading 2017, edited by Sarah Vowell and the students of 826 National ; managing editor, Daniel Gumbiner

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The best American nonrequired reading 2017, edited by Sarah Vowell and the students of 826 National ; managing editor, Daniel Gumbiner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novelsnon fiction

Main title

The best American nonrequired reading 2017

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Sarah Vowell and the students of 826 National ; managing editor, Daniel Gumbiner

Series statement

Best American series

Table Of Contents

Fable / Teju Cole -- One person means alone / Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers -- How to stop a black snake / Louise Erdrich -- The trouble / Smith Henderson -- Excerpt from maximum sunlight / Meagan Day -- So subtle a catch / Simon Parkin -- Uncanny valley / Anna Wiener -- I used to be a human being / Andrew Sullivan -- Lucky dragon / Viet Dinh -- Homegoing, AD / Kima Jones -- Autocracy: rules for survival / Masha Gessen -- My president was black / Ta-Nehisi Coates -- Excerpt from nature poem / Tommy Pico -- Hell / Benjamin Nugent -- The most terrible time of my life / Sonny Liew -- The diary of a gulag prison guard / Ivan Chistyakov -- Correspondence with Elena Ferrante / Shelia Heti -- Giant / Mark Polanzak -- Tattoo / Melissa Ragsly -- Peace shall destroy many / Miriam Toews -- The Rockefeller family fund takes on Exxonmobil / David Kaiser and Lee Wasserman -- Selected tweets from @wernertwertzog / William Pannapacker -- You'll be back / Lin-Manuel Miranda -- Excerpt from Utah, Petitioner volume Edward Joseph Strieff, Jr. / Justice Sonia Sotomayor -- "Woman fries and eats pet goldfish after fight with husband" / Christine Rhein -- An oral history of Gabriel Depiero / Casey Jarman -- I am reminded via email to submit my preferences for the schedule / Chen Chen -- Who are these Trump supporters? / George Saunders

Target audience

adult

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Nonrequired reading 2017

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