The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006<\/i> Edited by Dave Eggers<\/p>\n
This was probably the best of the series thus far.<\/p>\n
It included the “best American first sentences of novels in 2005”, excerpts from that Chuck Norris website, a very funny piece from Kurt Vonnegut on writing, Julia Sweeney’s “Letting Go of God” piece, comics and many other funny and poignant bits from everywhere.<\/p>\n
I don’t have it with me, lest I’d make more notes, but… if you’re ever going to read anything from this series, make this one the first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 Edited by Dave Eggers This was probably the best of the series thus far. It included the “best American first sentences of novels in 2005”, excerpts from that Chuck Norris website, a very funny … Continue reading