NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 17, 2000
"It is evidently hard to have been Eggers, though few readers will be satisfied with this nugget of hard-won wisdom in return for their investment of time and good will. (Author tour)"
It isn't—but it's better than most novel-like objects created by our younger writers, and like them, this one is directly autobiographical, ironic, and self-referential, concluding with a tiny gesture of hope the author no doubt considers brave given the vicissitudes he's retailed in prose.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 15, 2002
"An alternative to the Banana Republic gift certificate for that difficult nephew with a birthday."
Fiction and nonfiction pulled from the main- and side-stream by
McSweeney's editor Eggers, founder of a San Francisco writing lab for city youth, is the latest in Houghton Mifflin's Great American Series.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 10, 2003
"Amusing and meaningful, light and yet profound, like the best magazine in the world--which unfortunately comes out only once a year."
In his foreword, editor Eggers makes note that the second entry in this particular
Best American series is not as limited as other
Best series are, "making them whimper and cower in a way that is shameful."
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 14, 2004
"A mixed bunch, a little below last year's standard. (Not seen: pieces by Jon Gertner, Paula Peterson, and David Sedaris.)"
The third in this catchall series is weighted toward fiction and has an international flavor.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
"Like a really lively magazine in book form, and a bargain considering the rich diversity of its contents."
Though not required for the classroom, this annual anthology offers a selection that is usually engaging and provocative, even essential.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 7, 2011
"Inscrutable existential twaddle. (Picture book. Adult)"
