Best of the Web 2008
by Leslie, Nathan; Almond, SteveFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-07-01
Publisher(s): Dzanc Books
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Summary
This print anthology compiles the best fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that online literary journals have to offer in an eclectic collection in the manner of other broad-ranging anthologies such as the Pushcart Prize and The Best American Non-Required Reading. This is the first substantial attempt at creating an annual print compilation of the best of material published online.The anthology contains work from both established authors such as George Saunders, Jonathan Ames, and Elizabeth Crane, as well as up-and-comers like Justin Taylor, David Willems, and Paul Yoon. Includes an introduction from Steve Almond.
Author Biography
Nathan Leslie's six books of fiction include Madre, Reverse Negative, A Cold Glass of Milk, and Drivers. Nathan's short stories, essays, and poems have appeared in many print and online magazines. He is fiction editor for The Pedestal Magazine. His website is www.nathanleslie.com.
Table of Contents
| Series Introduction | p. i |
| Introduction | p. vi |
| Promise | p. 1 |
| A Girl Made of Glass | p. 8 |
| Fish Catcher | p. 10 |
| Some Brief and Frightening Tips from George Saunders | p. 12 |
| Basketball is not a Drug | p. 16 |
| Route 1 North, Woolich, Maine | p. 46 |
| My Small Murders | p. 47 |
| An Interview with Ron Tanner | p. 56 |
| Zone | p. 58 |
| Overhanded | p. 66 |
| Pageant Queen | p. 68 |
| To See Them Again | p. 77 |
| [envy is a nude door] | p. 80 |
| Fireflies | p. 81 |
| The Black Folks' Guide to Survival | p. 83 |
| Corner Knows the Dust | p. 95 |
| Shotgun | p. 99 |
| The Jealousy of Angels | p. 100 |
| So You Know Who We Are | p. 103 |
| Tattooed People | p. 104 |
| Ceremonial Spoon | p. 113 |
| Postcard From My Brother | p. 114 |
| Blue Shirt | p. 125 |
| The Split | p. 127 |
| Swan Falls in Love with Swan-Shaped Boat | p. 135 |
| An Interview with Christina Kallery | p. 136 |
| The Stiff Jew | p. 138 |
| Prophet Township | p. 141 |
| Tell Me if You're Lying | p. 144 |
| Waking | p. 154 |
| Casa de Serenidad | p. 158 |
| Thirst and the Writer's Sense of Consequence | p. 162 |
| Okeechobee | p. 172 |
| The Doctrine of an Axe | p. 177 |
| Bugaboo | p. 179 |
| Household Poisons | p. 180 |
| Yearly Trek to Bear Valley | p. 185 |
| The Women of My Father | p. 187 |
| An Interview with LaTanya McQueen | p. 190 |
| The One That Got Away: Why James Wood is Wrong About Underworld (And Why Anyone Should Care) | p. 192 |
| Island Fever | p. 207 |
| Childbirth in Alabama | p. 208 |
| The Minimalist Museum | p. 210 |
| Eels | p. 211 |
| Olor a Cuba | p. 222 |
| Bruxism | p. 228 |
| Still Life with Childhood | p. 234 |
| Huckleberry Thumb | p. 235 |
| Headway | p. 237 |
| Anatomy Test, Eleventh Grade | p. 242 |
| My Biafran Eyes | p. 243 |
| The CabalFish | p. 251 |
| The Attraction of Asphalt | p. 256 |
| Flat at Dawn and at Twilight | p. 258 |
| An Interview with Bruce Fisher | p. 266 |
| I am not a man; I am dynamite | p. 269 |
| Woodbury Notes | p. 270 |
| Walking an Old Woman Into the Sea | p. 272 |
| What I Omitted from the Office Personnel Services Report | p. 273 |
| The Daughters | p. 279 |
| The Mystery of Henry's Bicycle | p. 280 |
| 2008 Notable Stories | p. 306 |
| Contributors' Notes | p. 312 |
| Index | p. 322 |
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