The Best of Brevity
Twenty Years of Groundbreaking Flash Nonfiction: Twenty Years of Groundbreaking Flash Nonfiction
Translated by Jennie Chia-Hui Chu
First published 2020
About the book
Read the full description
How much of the human experience can fit into 750 words? A lot, it turns out. Since its founding in 1997, Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction has published hundreds of brief nonfiction essays by writers around the world, each within that strict word count. Over the past 20 years, Brevity has become one of the longest-running and most popular online literary publications, a journal readers regularly return to for insightful essays from skilled writers at every stage of their careers. Featuring examples of nonfiction forms such as memoir, narrative, lyric, braided, hermit crab, and hybrid, The Best of Brevity brings you 84 of the best-loved and most memorable reader favorites, collected in print for the first time. Compressed to their essence, these essays glint with drama, grief, love, and anger, as well as innumerable other lived intensities, resulting in an anthology that is as varied as it is unforgettable, leaving the reader transformed.
With contributions from Krys Malcolm Belc, Jenny Boully, Brian Doyle, Roxane Gay, Daisy Hernández, Michael Martone, Ander Monson, Patricia Park, Kristen Radtke Diane Seuss, Abigail Thomas, Jia Tolentino, and so many more, The Best of Brevity offers unparalleled diversity of style, form, and perspective for those interested in reading, writing, or teaching the flash nonfiction form.
More by Brenda Miller
Tell It Slant
2003
Catalogue record
276 pages
- Pages
- 276
- ISBN
- 978-1-941628-24-9
Full recordClose
- Pages
- 276
- ISBN
-
- 978-1-941628-24-9
- Author
- Miller, Brenda · Livingston, Sonja · Sukrungruang, Ira · Seuss, Diane, 1956– · Hernández, Daisy · Doyle, Brian · Butcher, Amy · Thomas, Abigail · Lambert, Sandra Gail · Monson, Ander · McClanahan, Rebecca · Wiggins, Alexis · Autman, Samuel · Miller, Kathryn · Geller, Danielle · Franklin, Joey · Murphy, Erin · Boully, Jenny · Trapp, Brian · Taffa, Deborah · Jakiela, Lori · Osman, Jamila · Park, Patricia · Smith, Suzanne Farrell · Church, Steven · Christman, Jill · Root, Robert · Peters, Torrey, 1981– · Johannesen, Dani · Frank, Matthew Gavin · Thai, Thao · Sinor, Jennifer · Aldrich, Marcia · Oestreich, Joe · Brimhall, Traci · Heir, Rajpreet · Lott, Bret · Fontaine, Tessa · Scarpa, Vincent · Tang-Bernas, Christina · Dreifus, Erika · Schraffenberger, J. D. · Durban, Pam · Foo, Josey · Minor, Kyle · Walker, Nicole · Belc, Krys Malcolm · Byl, Christine · Stricker, Mark · Cawood, Shuly Xóchitl · Tolentino, Jia, 1988– · Stokley, Sam · Cyris, Nicole · Drummond, Laurie Lynn · Radtke, Kristen, 1987– · Chen, Bouiyan · Otero, Michelle · Lin, Sarah J. · Vodicka, Anna · Wade, Jule Marie · Martone, Michael · Bucak, A. Papatya · Valois, Michelle · Díaz, Jaquira · Purpura, Lia · Azzam, Julie Hakim · Philyaw, Deesha, 2000– · Boutsikaris, Nina · Gullick, Charlotte · Arundel, Brian · McDermott, John A. · Talbot, Jill · Martin, Lee, 1932– · Fletcher, Harrison Candelaria · Kiss, Sam · Hollars, B. J. · Donofrio, Beverly · Komatsu, Matthew · Noble, Randon Billings · Sellers, Heather · Parsons, Dustin · Huber, Sonya · Marquart, Debra · Gay, Roxane, 1974–
- Statement
- The Best of Brevity : Twenty Years of Groundbreaking Flash Nonfiction: Twenty Years of Groundbreaking Flash Nonfiction / Brenda Miller, Sonja Livingston, Ira Sukrungruang, Diane Seuss, Daisy Hernández, Brian Doyle, Amy Butcher, Abigail Thomas, Sandra Gail Lambert, Ander Monson, Rebecca McClanahan, Alexis Wiggins, Samuel Autman, Kathryn Miller, Danielle Geller, Joey Franklin, Erin Murphy, Jenny Boully, Brian Trapp, Deborah Taffa, Lori Jakiela, Jamila Osman, Patricia Park, Suzanne Farrell Smith, Steven Church, Jill Christman, Robert Root, Torrey Peters, Dani Johannesen, Matthew Gavin Frank, Thao Thai, Jennifer Sinor, Marcia Aldrich, Joe Oestreich, Traci Brimhall, Rajpreet Heir, Bret Lott, Tessa Fontaine, Vincent Scarpa, Christina Tang-Bernas, Erika Dreifus, J. D. Schraffenberger, Pam Durban, Josey Foo, Kyle Minor, Nicole Walker, Krys Malcolm Belc, Christine Byl, Mark Stricker, Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, Jia Tolentino, Sam Stokley, Nicole Cyris, Laurie Lynn Drummond, Kristen Radtke, Bouiyan Chen, Michelle Otero, Sarah J. Lin, Anna Vodicka, Jule Marie Wade, Michael Martone, A. Papatya Bucak, Michelle Valois, Jaquira Díaz, Lia Purpura, Julie Hakim Azzam, Deesha Philyaw, Nina Boutsikaris, Charlotte Gullick, Brian Arundel, John A. McDermott, Jill Talbot, Lee Martin, Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Sam Kiss, B. J. Hollars, Beverly Donofrio, Matthew Komatsu, Randon Billings Noble, Heather Sellers, Dustin Parsons, Sonya Huber, Debra Marquart and Roxane Gay ; translated by Jennie Chia-Hui Chu.