The Best American Nonrequired Reading

The Best American Series First Best and Best-SellingThe Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country''s finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. For each volume the very best pieces are selected by a leading writer in the field making the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 includes Daniel Alarcón • Aimee Bender • Dan Chaon • Daniel Clowes • Tish Durkin • Stephen Elliott • Al Franken • Jhumpa Lahiri • Rattawut Lapcharoensap • Anders Nilsen • Georges Saunders • William T. Vollmann • and othersDave Eggers editor is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius You Shall Know Our Velocity! and How We Are Hungry and the editor of McSweeney''s. He is the founder of 826 Valencia a San Francisco writing lab for young people.Beck guest introducer whose single Loser was instantly labeled an anthem for the slacker generation is also known for his Grammy Award-winning albums Odelay and Mutations.