Best American Experimental Writing 2018, guest-edited by Myung Mi Kim, is the fifth edition of the critically acclaimed anthology series compiling an exciting mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and genre-defying work. Featuring a diverse roster of writers and artists culled from both established authors—like Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Don Mee Choi, Mónica de la Torre, Layli Long Soldier, and Simone White—as well as new and unexpected voices, including Clickhole.com, BAX 2018 presents an expansive view of today’s experimental and high-energy writing practices. A perfect gift for discerning readers as well as an important classroom tool, Best American Experimental Writing 2018 is a vital addition to the American literary landscape.
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An anthology of dynamic, forward-thinking writing
Myung Mi Kim—Guest Editor’s Introduction Seth Abramson and Jesse Damiani—Series Editors’ Introduction George Albon—“The No-Limit and Its Discontents,” from 3.) Immanence Rosa Alcalá—Voice Activation Rachel Allen—Syntax Errors josé felipe alvergue—[cartograph], and [Eutiquia] Stine An—Orientation to Lemons, or Patience Is a Seed Mei-mei Berssenbrugge—from “The Field for Blue Corn” Tamiko Beyer—De::con::struct David Brazil—from doctrine of vestiges Dylan Byron—Reading Hervé Guibert with Édouard Louis in the New York Public Library Amy Sara Carroll—When School Is a Factory, Where is Ana Mendieta? Vincent A. Cellucci—Diamonds in Dystopia Geneva Chao—from A Comprehensive History of Asian America Don Mee Choi—Suicide Parade Please! / One Day the Soldiers Discovered ClickHole—Faith in Humanity Restored! After These Students Were Defrauded Out of Their Life Savings, Donald Trump Helped By Giving Them $25 Million In the Interest of Full Transparency, Here Are the 7 Emails I Sent to Hillary Clinton About My Sick Horse Norma Cole—Among Things Nowhere Power Ordinary Things Stephen Collis—Shell Scenarios R.M. Cooper—Auto[complete] Sarah Dowling—Entering Sappho Julia Drescher—from C.A.M.P.S. Aja Couchois Duncan—from Nomenclature, Miigaadiwin, a Forked Tongue Kate Durbin—HOARDERS: Mary Biswamit Dwibedy—Shale Saddiq Dzukogi—Remaining answer Tim Earley—from Linthead Stomp Tanis Franco—Alternate Reading of Wuthering Heights Lewis Freedman—from Residual Synonyms for the Name of God Zaccaria Fulton—from Dramaticules Kristen Gallagher—from 85% True / Minor Ecologies Hugo García Manríquez—Mantles of Non-Translation Susan Gevirtz—Scepter of the Marketplace Dragnet Kenneth Goldsmith—from New York: Capital of the 20th Century Google Inc.—from @seebotschat: conversation.log Google AI Poetry Gabriel Gudding—Bed from Government Marwa Helal—ghost purchase Paul Legault—As One Put Drunk into the Packet-Boat 2 Michael Leong—from Disorientations Layli Long Solider—from Whereas Jill Magi—Budding Small Citations* C.J. Martin—from “LAND (5/15/13)” Nicole McCarthy—Chatter Jonah Mixon-Webster—Black Existentialism No. 8: Ad Nauseum; or Ad Infinitum Based on Actual Events / The Real Nigga Attempts to Survive the Apocalypse Saretta Morgan—from [Auto] Index Erín Moure—Surgery Lessñn [Trepanation] Sara Nicholson—What the Lyric Is Soham Patel—to afar from afar David James Poissant—The Honeymooners Mg Roberts—Underanimal: An Excerpt from Anemal Uter Meck Homing SOMEDAY, WE MAY come to regret this Martin Rock—from “A Deríve” Henk Rossouw—from Xamissa Jordan Scott—from Night & Ox Ian R. Sharp—from “Devotion + Doubt” Lauren Shufran—I Sing the Body Electric Isabel Sobral Campos—[“If selves are thoughts . . .”] Joseph Spece—the militant queer goes a-walking Jonathan Stalling—Ghost in the Darkness Eleni Stecopoulos—Language and Materiality Suzanne Stein—from new sutras Kate Sutherland—According to the Apothecary Julian Talamantez Brolaski—talking Horse I had already shuttered an aspect of my vision Roberto Tejada—Kill Time Objective Inhabiting the Drift: Michael Tracy: Paintings, Works on Paper, 2008–2015 Mónica de la Torre—from The Happy End / All Welcome Christina Vega-Westhoff—from Suelo Tide Cement Asiya Wadud—Calais, onward Alli Warren—Lunchtime with Woodwinds Alexander Weinstein—Understanding Great Art and the People Who Make It Simone White—Stingray Julia Wick—Leo DiCaprio’s $11 Million Malibu Beach House and the Soul-Crushing Agony of Being Human Uljana Wolf—from Tatting Devon Wootten—from Again, or Sixty-Seven Days Mina Zohal—Mehan e Ma / Macrorayan, Kabul/ April, 5:00 AM/ notes on return DIGITAL-ONLY CONTRIBUTIONS Anonymous—Wanna Put My Tender Heart in a Blender ClickHole—8 Heartbreaking Photos of Syrian War Refugees, Also, Sorry, We Do Not Know How to Stop This Steel Drum Music from Auto-Playing—6 Convoluted Ways of Thinking About the Orlando Shooting If You’d Prefer Not to Acknowledge It as an Anti-Gay Hate Crime Microsoft, Inc.—TayTweets Netflix—Introducing Netflix Vista [Online] Sara Nyberg—Argutron Jocelyn Saidenberg—Notebooks on Notebooks Robert Sikoryak—from Terms and Conditions Tinder—Tinderbots
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ISBN
9780819578174
Publisert
2018-09-06
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Wesleyan University Press
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229 mm
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152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Engelsk
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360