The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017 (The Best American

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

â€œA gift . . . One wonders how the world might be different if works in The Best American Nonrequired Reading were indeed required.â€ â€”USA Today

Sarah Vowell, author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States and other best-selling titles "gilded with snark, buoyant on charm" (NPR), worked with the students ofÂ the 826 Valencia writing lab to edit this year's anthology. They compiled new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-defying gems that have become one of the hallmarks of this lively collection.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017 (The Best American Series ®)