The Best American Nonrequired Reading
The Best American Nonrequired Reading is a yearly anthology of fiction and nonfiction selected annually by high school students in California and Michigan through 826 Valencia and 826michigan.[1][2][3] The volume is part of The Best American Series and is edited by Dave Eggers.[4] In the editor's note to the 2013 volume, Eggers stated that the 12th edition would be his last as editor. The 2014 volume was edited by Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket.
Guest introducers
- 2002 Dave Eggers
- 2003 Zadie Smith
- 2004 Viggo Mortensen
- 2005 Beck
- 2006 Matt Groening
- 2007 Sufjan Stevens
- 2008 Judy Blume
- 2009 Marjane Satrapi
- 2010 David Sedaris
- 2011 Guillermo del Toro
- 2012 Ray Bradbury
- 2013 Walter Mosley
- 2014 Daniel Handler
- 2015 Adam Johnson
- 2016 Rachel Kushner
Guest cover artists
- 2002 J. Otto Seibold
- 2003 Daniel Clowes
- 2004 Adrian Tomine
- 2005 Tony Millionaire
- 2006 Art Spiegelman
- 2007 Carson Ellis
- 2008 Barry McGee
- 2009 Banksy
- 2010 Maurice Sendak
- 2011 William Joyce
- 2012 Brian Selznick
- 2013 Camille Rose Garcia
- 2014 Roman Muradov
- 2015 Eric Nyquist
- 2016 Jillian Tamaki
See also
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Upton, Nick. On my Nightstand, Concord Monitor, Dec. 21, 2008
External links
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