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The best American nonrequired reading 2017

by Sarah Vowell, Daniel Gumbiner · 2017

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This anthology presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2016, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 375 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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