| The Pushcart Prize XXV: Best of the Small Presses 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Henderson, Bill (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1888889276 ISBN-13: 9781888889277 Publisher: Pushcart Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2001 Annotation: A stunning collection of new and celebrated authors features over 60 stories, essays and poems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 810.8 |
| Series: Pushcart Prize |
| Physical Information: 1.59" H x 6.1" W x 9.22" (1.87 lbs) 600 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over sixty stories, essays, and poems appear in this landmark edition, picked from more than 5,000 nominations. Over the years more than 400 presses have been honored with reprints in The Pushcart Prize, the most praised literary series in America: winner of the Carey-Thomas Award, named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, picked for several Book-of-the-Month Club selections, and hailed by Publishers Weekly as among the most influential in the development of the American book business in the past century and a quarter. The single best measure of the state of affairs in American literature today.--New York Times Book Review [A]mong the most influential [series] in the development of the American book business in the past century and a quarter.--Publishers Weekly The Pushcart Prize is essential.--Library Journal Those who despair of finding good writing in mass media America need look no further than The Pushcart Prize.--Booklist) |
Contributor Bio(s): Henderson, Bill: - "Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore - "the world's smallest bookstore."" |