The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008

By Emily Raboteau, Rana Dasgupta, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Emmanuel Guibert, Etgar Keret, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Gene Weingarten, David Rohde, David Gessner, Evan Ratliff, Laurie Weeks, Tamas Dobozy, Paul Hornschemeier, Rutu Modan, Dave Eggers, Andrew Sean Greer, Sherman Alexie, Patrick Tobin, George Saunders, Patricio Pron, Tea Obreht, Amy Waldman, Didier Lefèvre, Bryan Furuness, Laura van den Berg, Lilli Carré, Courtney Moreno, Marjorie Celona, J. Malcom Garcia, Jake Swearingen, Helon Haliba, Raffi Khartchadourian, Malerie Willens, Rachel Aviv, Nora Bonner, Frederic Lemercier, T Ott

Subjects: American essays, American Short stories, American wit and humor, American prose literature, American literature (collections), 21st century

Description: Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literatue including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.