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Ok, so in addition to “I Am America (And So Can You!)” coming out in October 2007, and “Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me” scheduled for February 2008, there’s yet another anthology coming out with contributions from Stephen Colbert.
According to Pitchfork Media:
When the 2007 edition of The Best American Nonrequired Reading hits bookshelves (in paperback and hardcover formats) on October 10 of this year, it’ll come packed with one extra reason to make fans of literate, sensitive white guys get all McSwooney.
In addition to series editor Dave Eggers (of You Will Know Our Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius fame), who once again selects the essays, short stories, screenplays, comics, blogs(!), and lit ephemera that comprise this eclectic collection, the sixth volume in the annual series will feature an introduction penned by Sufjan Stevens, very much in touch with his literary side in recent months.
Sufjan follows in the inkblots of previous Nonrequired intro scribes like Beck, Matt Groening, Viggo Mortensen, and Zadie Smith. We’d venture to guess that #1 Decemberists fan Carson Ellis did the cover art for this one.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007 also includes contributions from Stephen Colbert, Alison Bechdel, Matt Klam, Scott Carrier, Lee Klein, and others. Students from Eggers’ 826 Valencia writing center helped the editor choose material for this year’s collection.
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May 16th, 2007 at 10:28 am
He was in last year’s edition, too (there’s a reference to it in this Zeitgeist from a couple of weeks ago). Wonder whether it’s a new bit . . .
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May 16th, 2007 at 10:30 am
He was?! There should TOTALLY be a web site that covers this sort of thing. Hmmm …
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May 16th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Ok, according to Amazon.com, this is what Stephen’s contribution to the 2006 edition was:
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May 16th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Hee! I love that Stephen has become so ubiquitous that even *we* have a hard time keeping track of it all.
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May 16th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Hmm, I’m guessing it’s the transcript of his White House dinner speech, y’all. If it’s not in there, it certainly should be!
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