The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008

By Dave Eggers

“This great volume highlights the very best of this year’s fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics, screenplays, blogs, and more” (OK!). Compiled by Dave Eggers and students of his San Francisco writing center, it is thoroughly “entertaining and thought-provoking reading” (Library Journal).

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 includes MARJORIE CELONA • DAVID GESSNER • ANDREW SEAN GREER • RAFFI KHATCHADOURIAN • STEPHEN KING • EMILY RABOTEAU • GEORGE SAUNDERS • PATRICK TOBIN • LAURA VAN DEN BERG • MALERIE WILLENS • and others
ISBN: 9780618902835
Imprint: Mariner Books
On Sale: Oct 8, 2008
List price: $31
No of pages: 400
Trim Size: 5.550 in (w) x 8.300 in (h) x 1.200 in (d)
BISAC 1: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
BISAC 2: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
BISAC 3: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Literary

Dave Eggers

Biography

DAVE EGGERS is the editor of McSweeney’s and a cofounder of 826 National, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers for youth, located in seven cities across the United States. He is the author of four books, including What Is the What and How We Are Hungry.

“This great volume highlights the very best of this year’s fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics, screenplays, blogs, and more” (OK!). Compiled by Dave Eggers and students of his San Francisco writing center, it is thoroughly “entertaining and thought-provoking reading” (Library Journal).

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008 includes MARJORIE CELONA • DAVID GESSNER • ANDREW SEAN GREER • RAFFI KHATCHADOURIAN • STEPHEN KING • EMILY RABOTEAU • GEORGE SAUNDERS • PATRICK TOBIN • LAURA VAN DEN BERG • MALERIE WILLENS • and others

ISBN: 9780618902835
Imprint: Mariner Books
On Sale: Oct 8, 2008
List price: $31
No of pages: 400
Trim Size: 5.550 in (w) x 8.300 in (h) x 1.200 in (d)
BISAC 1: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
BISAC 2: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
BISAC 3: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Literary

Dave Eggers

Biography

DAVE EGGERS is the editor of McSweeney’s and a cofounder of 826 National, a network of nonprofit writing and tutoring centers for youth, located in seven cities across the United States. He is the author of four books, including What Is the What and How We Are Hungry.