The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011

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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 includes

Daniel Alarcón, Clare Beams, Sloane Crosley, Anthony Doerr, Neil Gaiman, Mohammed

Hanif, Mac McClelland, Michael Paterniti, Olivier Schrauwen,

Gary Shteyngart, and others