2020 Pushcart Prize XLIV : best of the small presses by Henderson, Bill, 1941- author; Pushcart Press, publisher instant download

2020 Pushcart Prize XLIV : best of the small presses by Henderson, Bill, 1941- author; Pushcart Press, publisher instant download

599 pages ; 25 cm, \"As Booklist's Donna Seaman commented on edition #43, \"a harvesting of the year's finest stories, poems and essays ... a deeply provocative and artistically resplendent anthology.\" This current edition is further proof that important and exciting writing is found in small presses scattered around the country and the world. As the variety of selections in Pushcart Prize XLIV indicates, it is an eclectic and constantly changing community. Over 70 authors are included from more than 50 presses. The Pushcart series is winner of The Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Book Critics Circle, and the Poets & Writers/Barnes & Nobel Writers For Writers citation, plus many other awards. Here are 600 pages of literary brilliance from both new and established authors, featuring traditional and experimental work.\"--, Includes index, The arms of Saturday night / Cally Fiedorek -- Homeschool / Meghan O'Gieblyn -- Roll under the waves / Juan Felipe Herrera -- The human soup / Maureen Stanton -- Arson / Charles Simic -- The history of sound / Ben Shattuck -- Erl king / Julia Elliott -- A fable / Graham Barnhart -- Fat swim / Emma Copley Eisenberg -- Old school / Allen Gee -- An endless story / Louise Glück -- Hi ho cherry-o / Becky Hagenston -- The almadraba / Maia Jenkins -- Say it with your whole black mouth / Danez Smith -- \"General: unskilled\" / Ryan Eric Dull -- Monticello house tour / Kiki Petrosino -- The peaches of August / Toi Derricotte -- The entertainer / Whitney Collins -- Reza's restaurant. Chicago 1997 / Kaveh Akbar -- Say this / Lucia Perillo -- Monsters / Margaret Wardlaw -- Stethoscope / Tom Sleigh -- Scandalous women in history / Malerie Willens -- That's the job / Edward Hirsch -- The last voyage of the Alice B. Toklas / Jason Brown -- How to mourn the dead / Nausheen Eusuf -- Braindrain / C Pam Zhang -- The ugly American / Shara Lessley -- Walking in fast-falling dusk what is between us besides / Mary Szybist -- St