1999, ISBN: 9781888889093

Now in its twenty-third year, The Pushcart Prize is one of the grand monuments of the American literary scene, yet it never fails to surprise, provoke, and delight readers. The short stor… Plus…

Now in its twenty-third year, The Pushcart Prize is one of the grand monuments of the American literary scene, yet it never fails to surprise, provoke, and delight readers. The short stories, essays, and poems are selected from literary magazines and small presses across the country, and represent the most exciting and innovative writing in America today. In the best Pushcart tradition, this fascinating volume combines the work of today's luminaries with a host of new talents, creating a wholly original amalgam of diverse voices -- "an anthology of literature to nourish the human spirit" (Milwaukee Journal).The most honored literary series in America, The Pushcart Prize has won the Carey-Thomas Award, has been selected several times as a notable book of the year by the New York Times Book Review, and has been chosen for many Book-of-the-Month Club and QPB selections. Recently, Pushcart Press and its Prize were named among "the most influential in the development of the American book business over the past 125 years" by Publishers Weekly. Media > Book<

ISBN: 9781888889093

Now in its twenty-third year, The Pushcart Prize is one of the grand monuments of the American literary scene, yet it never fails to surprise, provoke, and delight readers. The short stor… Plus…

Now in its twenty-third year, The Pushcart Prize is one of the grand monuments of the American literary scene, yet it never fails to surprise, provoke, and delight readers. The short stories, essays, and poems are selected from literary magazines and small presses across the country, and represent the most exciting and innovative writing in America today. In the best Pushcart tradition, this fascinating volume combines the work of today's luminaries with a host of new talents, creating a wholly original amalgam of diverse voices -- "an anthology of literature to nourish the human spirit" (Milwaukee Journal).The most honored literary series in America, The Pushcart Prize has won the Carey-Thomas Award, has been selected several times as a notable book of the year by the New York Times Book Review, and has been chosen for many Book-of-the-Month Club and QPB selections. Recently, Pushcart Press and its Prize were named among "the most influential in the development of the American book business over the past 125 years" by Publishers Weekly. Media > Book<

1998, ISBN: 1888889098

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[EAN: 9781888889093], [SC: 22.52], [PU: Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1998.) dj], POETRY, SHORT STORIES, CHICANO, HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION - ANTHOLOGY NOISBN, Jacket, Hardcover fir… Plus…

[EAN: 9781888889093], [SC: 22.52], [PU: Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1998.) dj], POETRY, SHORT STORIES, CHICANO, HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION - ANTHOLOGY NOISBN, Jacket, Hardcover first edition - First printing. An annual anthology of essays, short stories and poems, selected from small literary journals across America - a reflection of the diversity and excellence to be found in offbeat publications from across the United States. Includes fiction from Colum McCann, Bharati Mukherjee, Patricia Hampl, Louis Berney, Jeffrey Eugenides, Frederick Busch, Joyce Carol Oates; poetry from Carol Muske, Marilyn Hacker, Toi Derricote, Martin Espada, Marvin Bell; nonfiction from Andre Dubus, Julie Showalter, Philip Levine and much more. List of special mentions, brief notes on the authors, and index to the first 23 volumes. 606 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket (chipping and edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine, now protected by an archival cover.), Books<