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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is recognized as a leading writer in his/her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected-and most popular-of its kind. Read on for “some of the best literature you haven’t been reading . . . and it’s fantastic. All of it” (St. Petersburg Times).

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2004 includes Julie Orringer, Michael Paterniti, Cheryl Printup, Davide Sedaris, Michelle Tea, and others.

448 pages, trade paperback.
8.25” X 5.5” X 1.25”
Houghton Mifflin.