{"product_id":"best-of-the-web-nathan-leslie-9780979312342","title":"Best of the Web","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis print anthology compiles the best fiction, poetry, and nonfiction that online literary journals have to offer in an eclectic collection in the manner of other broad-ranging anthologies such as the \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Non-Required Reading\u003c\/i\u003e. This is the first substantial attempt at creating an annual print compilation of the best of material published online.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[The] mingling and occasional blurring of genres distinguishes \u003cb\u003eBest of the Web\u003c\/b\u003e from any other print collections showcasing online literature...the book is heartily significant, featuring work that is sometimes surprising...and sometimes exhilarating--not unlike the Web itself.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Internet is built for this work: short and weird, just what one's attention span wants when clicking through. And Almond and Leslie wisely pick up on that, making the book worth paging through, as well.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Such a development could not have come at a better time for online\u003cbr\u003eliterary publishing.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewPages.com\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Though publishing online provides us the opportunity to present fiction free\u003cbr\u003efrom economic imperative, permitting us, our authors, and our readers to relish\u003cbr\u003ein the experiment of expression, one of our great regrets is forgoing the sensation of binding it, printing it, holding the work we proudly select in our hands. Then along comes Dzanc Books, and this gift of a book, Best of the Web, that feels, to us, like the presentation of an award.\"--\u003cb\u003eAaron Petrovich\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAlex Rose\u003c\/b\u003e, editors, Hotel St. George \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"While reading this anthology, you may find yourself muttering, 'Where\u003cbr\u003edid Dzanc find such brilliant fiction and non-fiction-y writing? Are they\u003cbr\u003ewitches? ' I don't want to give away too much of the magic, but I will say\u003cbr\u003ethis...yes, they are witches.\"--Eric Spitznagel, web editor, \u003ci\u003eMonkeybicycle.net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eBest of the Web 2008\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZachary Amendt, Jonathan Ames, Arlene Ang, Michael Bahler, Robin Behn, David Bottoms, Kris Broughton, Benjamin Buchholz, Edward Byrne, Melanie Carter, Jared Carter, Nancy Cherry, Elaine Chiew, Andrea Cohen, Myfanwy Collins, Leigh Anne Couch, Elizabeth Crane, Stevie Davis, Bruce Fischer, Abby Frucht, Charlie Geoghegean-Clements, Garth Risk Hallberg, Seth Harwood, Edward Hirsch, Cara Hoffman, Sandra Huber, Richard Jespers, Christina Kallery, Thomas King, Anna Kushner, Frannie Lindsay, Valerie Loveland, Maurice Manning, LaTonya McQueen, Juan José Millás - translated by Peter Robinson, Amy Minton, Bill Mohr, Okey Ndibe, Stefani Nellen, Jenny Pritchett, Jacques Rancourt, Christopher Rizzo, Amy L. Sargent, George Saunders, R. T. Smith, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Andrew Sorge, Anne Dyer Stuart, Sarah Sweeney, Ron Tanner, Justin Taylor, Tess Taylor, Kim Whitehead, David Willems, Paul Yoon, J. W. Young, Claudia Zuluaga, introductions from series editor Nathan Leslie and edition editor Steve Almond, and interviews with select authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan Leslie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0979312345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780979312342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.84d","brand":"Nathan Leslie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520307806463,"sku":"9780979312342","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49d9588b-18a4-4951-9bc1-be529da178ac.jpg?v=1762884806","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/best-of-the-web-nathan-leslie-9780979312342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}