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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003

Book #10 on my 2006 reading list was The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003. Now I know you're probably wondering, "Hmm...if this reading was nonrequired in 2003 what does that make it in this the year 2006". Touché. Nonetheless here we are.

My favorite works from the book were Ryan Boudinot's excellent "The Littlest Hitler", Mark Bowden's fascinating "Tales of the Tyrant", Chuck Klosterman's "The Pretenders" (which also appeared in Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs), K. Kvashay Boyle's "Saint Chola", J.T. Leroy's "Stuff", and James Pinkerton's hi-larious "How To Write Suspense".

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posted by Jamie at 11:17 PM