Author: Dave Eggers (series editor), Zadie Smith (introduction) Type: Fiction, non-fiction, short stories, essays, comics, humor (anthology) Published: 2003 I read it: May 2017 2003. The first year of the Iraq war. The release year of a bunch of my favorite albums before I turned more noticeably into new tastes. A full decade before my first…
Editor: Rachel Kushner (introduction) Type: Fiction, non-fiction, short stories, essays, comics, poetry, memoir Published: 2016 I read it: October 2016 The primary challenge of any anthology is deciding what to pick, so in this edition of the BANR series the curators tried to be explicit about their goals for the year. Daniel Gumbiner, on behalf…
Author and artist: Emily Carroll Type: Fiction, comic Published: 2014 I read it: October 2016 A coworker sent me a link to Emily Carroll’s site and for some reason I had forgotten that I actually read one of her stories (“Our Neighbor’s House,” from this collection) in BANR 2015. Either way, I enjoyed the online…
Author and artist: Shaun Tan Type: Fiction, comic Published: 2006 I read it: August 2016 Here’s another graphic novel I saw sitting around at camp, this time as part of a Stories Without Words activity, in which the kids basically drew wordless comics. I’d actually had The Arrival on my TBR shelf for a long…
Author and artist: Cece Bell Type: Fiction, comic, memoir Published: 2014 I read it: August 2016 Our theme this year at Camp Quest Minnesota was Language and Communication, so our program directors collected books to suit the camp sessions. Our group of counselors was informed that El Deafo was a hit with the campers, so…
Editor: Adam Johnson (introduction) Type: Fiction, non-fiction, short stories, essays, comics, poetry, memoir Published: 2015 I read it: January 2016 While reading these collections, in the table of contents I put a mark next to each entry. Not only does this help me keep track of which ones I’ve read in case I want to…
Author: Dave Eggers (editor), Viggo Mortensen (introduction) Type: Fiction, non-fiction, short stories, essays, comics Published: 2004 I read it: November 2015 Though this is not one of my favorite BANR collections it does have one of my favorite intros, by Viggo Mortensen. Those DVD extras of The Lord of the Rings made him seem like…
