{"product_id":"the-best-american-nonrequired-reading-2019-paperback","title":"The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003e826 National\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn eclectic collection of fiction, essays, poetry, and graphic work selected by high school students with the help of \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author Edan Lepucki. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the past year, a group of high school students have held weekly discussions in the basement conference room of a publishing house in San Francisco. Tasked with finding the best, most revealing, honest, and astonishing writing of the last twelve months, they pored over hundreds of published poems, stories, comics, and essays. With the help of guest editor Edan Lepucki, they selected the contents of this anthology, a collection of work they feel looks a lot like 2019. \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019\u003c\/em\u003e features comics about war and butts and stories about pizza-delivery women, family, dolls giving birth, anthropomorphic lakes, and more. It was a successful year. Read on to see for yourself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019\u003c\/em\u003e includes Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Johnson, Robin Coste Lewis, Garth Greenwell, Nathaniel Russell, Britteney Black Rose Kapri, Andrea Long Chu, Deborah Taffa, Renée Branum, and others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDAN LEPUCKI is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWoman No. 17 \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the novella \u003ci\u003eIf You're Not Yet Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e A contributing editor and staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e she has also published fiction and nonfiction in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e the\u003ci\u003e Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the founder of Writing Workshops Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 826 NATIONAL is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping underserved students, ages six through eighteen, with their creative and expository writing skills.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755606212896,"sku":"9780358093169","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69bc173da7d8a1f4963490bb7c318739.webp?v=1780063460","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-best-american-nonrequired-reading-2019-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}