The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
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| Editor | Dave Eggers and introduced by Judy Blume |
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| Cover artist | Barry McGee |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Nonrequired Reading |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 |
| Followed by | The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 |
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008, a volume in The Best American Nonrequired Reading series, was edited by Dave Eggers and introduced by Judy Blume.[1][2] The works anthologized are selected by high school students in California and Michigan through 826 Valencia and 826michigan.[3][4][5]
Works included
| Work | Source | Author |
| "Y" | Indiana Review | Marjorie Celona |
| "The White Train" | Virginia Quarterly Review | J. Malcolm Garcia |
| "The Dreamer Did Not Exist" | Oxford American | David Gessner |
| "Darkness" | Zoetrope | Andrew Sean Greer |
| "The Hotel Malogo" | Virginia Quarterly Review | Helon Haliba |
| "The Three Paradoxes" | The Three Paradoxes | Paul Hornschemeier |
| "Neptune's Navy" | The New Yorker | Raffi Khatchadourian |
| "Ayana" | The Paris Review | Stephen King |
| "Queen of the Scottish Fairies" | www.nytimes.com | Ruth Modan |
| "Searching for Zion" | Transition | Emily Raboteau |
| "Bill Clinton, Public Citizen" | GQ | George Saunders |
| "Cake" | The Kenyon Review | Patrick Tobin |
| "Where We Must Be" | Indiana Review | Laura van den Berg |
| "Pearls Before Breakfast" | The Washington Post | Gene Weingarten |
| "The Elegant Rube" | Open City | Malerie Willens |
Notes
- ^Eggers, Dave (editor), The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2008.
- ^Upton, Nick. On my Nightstand, Concord Monitor, Dec. 21, 2008
- ^Committee, The Best American Nonrequired Reading. "The Best American Nonrequired Reading". Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^"Oh, yeah? The 'Best'? Says who?" Chicago Tribune Nov. 23, 2008
- ^"'Nonrequired Reading' isn't a should-read, it's an essential read." San Jose Mercury News
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