The best American nonrequired reading 2016
By: edited by Rachel Kushner and the students of 826 National ; managing editor, Daniel Gumbiner
Contributors: 826 National (Organization)
Series: Best American series
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780544812116
Subjects: American prose literature; American wit and humor; American Short stories
Other titles: Nonrequired reading 2016
Description: Presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2015, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.
Notes: "A Mariner original."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Grozny tourist bureau  -- Anthony Marra; title: An oral history of Abdelrahman Al-Ahmar  -- Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek; title: Jelly and Jack  -- Dana Spiotta; title: The Teflon toxin  -- Sharon Lerner; title: How I became a prison gardener  -- Michele Scott; title: The gentlest village  -- Jesse Ball; title: An interview with President Obama  -- Marilynne Robinson; title: Buena Vista Park, 2 A.M.  -- sam sax; title: The miracle years of Little Fork  -- Rebecca Makkai; title: Death-qualified  -- Gary Indiana; title: The trip treatment  -- Michael Pollan; title: Strong city  -- Da'Shay Portis; title: Sudba I  -- Anna Kovatcheva; title: Homer Dill's undead  -- Inara Verzemnieks; title: Reluctant citizens  -- Kyle Boelte; title: Shadehill  -- Mark Hitz; title: Dream house  -- Ariana Reines; title: Killing and dying  -- Adrian Tomine; title: On this side  -- Yuko Sakata; title: The lonely death of George Bell  -- N. R. Kleinfield; title: The death of the sky  -- David Wagoner; title: Bandit  -- Molly Brodak; title: Borb  -- Jason Little; title: Last poem for Oe  -- Laurel Hunt; title: Things I know to be true  -- Kendra Fortmeyer; title: Five poems  -- Dan Hoy; title: Algorithmic problem solving for father-daughter relationships  -- Xuan Juliana Wang; title: Brown vs. Ferguson  -- Endnotes; title: Contributors' notes --; title: The Best American Nonrequired Reading Committee --; title: Notable nonrequired reading of 2015 --; title: About 826 National --; title: About ScholarMatch.