Screen LibraryPushcart prize XLII, 2018 : best of the small presses /
"The Pushcart Prize is the only annual anthology to exclusively showcase the very best writing from America's alternative literary presses. Each year contributing editors, whose ranks include the most important writers of today, along with hundreds of small presses, nominate thousands of s...
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Pushcart Prize Fellowships,
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| Publisher Address: | Wainscott, New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"The Pushcart Prize is the only annual anthology to exclusively showcase the very best writing from America's alternative literary presses. Each year contributing editors, whose ranks include the most important writers of today, along with hundreds of small presses, nominate thousands of stories, poems, essays and memoirs for inclusion in Pushcart's collection. This unique submissions process ensures a diversity of writing unmatched by any other anthology. This year's gathering includes work by Brian Doyle, Carolyn Forché, George Saunders, Joyce Carol Oates, Ye Chun, Andrew Solomon, Philip Connors, Louisa Ermelino, Jim Shepard, and many more established and new writers representing 53 presses."--Back cover. |
| Item Description: | "0149-7863". |
| Carrier Form: | 624 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781888889857 (paperback) : 1888889853 (paperback) 9781888889840 (hardcover) 1888889845 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | PS536 |
| CLC: | I712.065 |
| Call Number: | I712.065/P987/2018 |
| Contents: |
Catacombs / Thanks for coming in / The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Imperatives for carrying on in the aftermath / Bajadas / The plate-spinner / Memorial day / Creative types / Float / Michaux State Forest, New Year's / Christopher Kempf -- Tolstoy and God / The home for Buddhist widows / The leash / Praying mantis in my husband's salad / Tidal wave / Act / The boatman / Stranger, thank you for giving me this body / Zombies / Freedom / It's something people in love do / Elegy / Taut rhythmic surfaces / Poem imposing order / Basic training / Good hair / The future consequences of present actions / When I think of Tamir Rice while driving / The dreams of kings / Mentor / Belief / My dear master Liszt / Undocumented alien / Any common desolation / Funny bird sex / Bully / Famous actor / Desired appreciation / Miracle fruit / Dixon / Sad song / I will love you in the summertime / Elegy with grown folks' music / Natural history / Counselor of my heart / Beach city / About the tongue / Absolute rhythm / Milk / How we built our house / Condition / Burn scars / Language lesson for one / Weekend trip / A small sacrifice for an enormous happiness / Abracadabra / Dispatch from flyover country / On gay parenting / The ménage / I told the water / Portrait of the alcoholic with relapse fantasy / Gunpowder / Latchkey / How to shoot someone who outdrew you / Aubade for non-citizens / When you died / Reign of embers / Maybe mermaids and robots are lonely / Telemachus / Everything you want right here / |