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The Pushcart Prize XLVIII
Best of the Small Presses 2024 Edition
Series: The Pushcart Prize Anthologies
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Winner of High Honours from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Pushcart Prize XLVII includes over 60 stories, poems, and essays from dozens of small literary presses.
The internationally celebrated collection features brilliant stories, poems, essays, and memoirs from small presses around the world, as selected by today’s outstanding editors and a staff of distinguished Contributing Editors.
Series: The Pushcart Prize Anthologies
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The Pushcart Prize XLVI
Over 60 brilliant stories, poems, and essays from dozens of small presses, as selected from 900 presses worldwide by more than 200 distinguished staff contributing editors. Series Honors: The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded Pushcart its 2020 recognition for Distinguished Service to the Arts. The National Book Critics Circle cited Bill Henderson for its Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
The Pushcart Prize XLVII
In last year's The Pushcart Prize, editor Bill Henderson noted that The Pushcart Prize, "the small good thing, has evolved into an international prize drawing nominations from small presses around the globe." As always, the selections are made by a distinguished panel of Guest Editors and hundreds of Contributing Editors. The list of authors selected and encouraged over the decades...Hardback$6699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
The Pushcart Prize XLVII
In last year's The Pushcart Prize, editor Bill Henderson noted that the Pushcart Prize, "the small good thing, has evolved into an international prize drawing nominations from small presses around the globe." As always, the selections are made by a distinguished panel of Guest Editors and hundreds of Contributing Editors. The list of authors selected and encouraged over the decades...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
The Pushcart Prize XLV
Pushcart Prize XLV is continuing evidence that much of today’s vibrant writing appears only in small journals and book presses. The series has been selected for the Publishers Weekly Carey Thomas Award, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof citation, and the Poets and Writers/Barnes and Noble “Writers For Writers” award among others. Here are 70 authors from more than...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
The Pushcart Prize XLVIII
Winner of High Honours from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Pushcart Prize XLVII includes over 60 stories, poems, and essays from dozens of small literary presses. The internationally celebrated collection features brilliant stories, poems, essays, and memoirs from small presses around the world, as selected by today’s outstanding editors and a staff of distinguished Contributing Editors.Hardback$7299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
The Pushcart Prize XLVIII
Winner of High Honours from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Pushcart Prize XLVII includes over 60 stories, poems and essays from dozens of small literary presses. The internationally celebrated collection of brilliant stories, poems, essays and memoirs from small presses around the world as selected by today’s outstanding editors and a staff of distinguished Contributing Editors.Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?
Library Journal praised it as "Fascinating," while Booklist called it "A resplendent multiplicity." Kirkus Reviews deemed it "Essential," and Publishers Weekly described it as "A treasure in a treasury."
Book Details
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ISBN: 9798985469721
Publisher: Pushcart Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 December 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Pushcart Press
Edition: 2024 Edition
Contributors:
- Edited by Bill Henderson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 46.0mm
Width: 165.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 748g
Pages: 580
About the Author
Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore – "the world's smallest bookstore."
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