The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018

Author Sheila Heti works with a group of high school students to select the year's best new fiction, journalism, poetry, essays, and comics aimed at readers age fifteen and up.

Publisher Marketing: Literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, and alternative comics. Biographical Note : SHEILA HETI, guest editor, is the author of seven books, including the 2012 novel, How Should a Person Be? which was a New York Times Notable Book and was "one of the most talked-about books of the year" ( Time ). Her novel Motherhood comes out in May 2018. 826 NATIONAL is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping underserved students, ages six through eighteen, with their creative and expository writing skills. Publisher Marketing : Sheila Heti, author of the acclaimed How a Person Should Be? and coeditor of the best-selling anthology Women in Clothes, along with the students of 826 Valencia writing lab will edit this year's anthology. Their compilation includes new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-defying gems that have become one of the hallmarks of this lively collection. Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 9 (EAN 9781328465818, Paperback) Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2018 (EAN 9781328465818, Paperback) Contributor Bio: 826 National 826 NATIONAL is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping underserved students, ages six through eighteen, with their creative and expository writing skills. They're located in San Francisco.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 320 | Publication Date: 2018-10-02