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Some great stuff in here. I particularly liked the Chris Bachelder story, and the poem "Contemplations of the Saints."
Link to Jonathan Messinger's review in Time Out Chicago: http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/b...Michael Rudin's review at Fiction Writers Review: http://fictionwritersreview.com/revie...And named one of the ten best "best of"s of 2010 by Los Angeles Times books: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacke...
It is exciting to read innovative stories put out by small-press and respected publishers who are NOT afraid to take chances on experimental pieces. The stories are humorous and remind me of Best American Short Stories guest edited by Salman Rushdie (2008), which is my BASS favorite thus far. The stories within “The Best of the Web” (2010) reflect heart as much as literary merit. That is not to say there aren’t literary masterpieces within. Seldom do I read a collection of short stories in which...
Liked a lot of the pieces in here, and found even the ones I didn't love interesting.
Here are the authors of the stories I particularly liked: Elizabeth CraneEmily BromfieldAnne ValenteMatthew SimmonsMichelle RealeNanette Rayman Rivera (nonfiction)Sara LevineAugust TarrierThomas Cooper
So excited to dig in!