2011 Pushcart prize XXXV : best of the small presses

Presents A Collection Of Short Stories, Essays, And Poems From Throughout The Year, Culled From Small Presses And Literary Journals. Introduction / Bill Henderson -- The River Nemunas / Anthony Doerr -- Turning Yourself Into A Work Of Art / Stephen Dunn -- Frost Mountain Picnic Massacre / Seth Fried -- The Opening / Philip Schultz -- Poem / Gail Mazur -- Double Happiness / Mary-beth Hughes -- Victory / Tony Hoagland -- The Case For Free Will / Patty Seyburn -- Munro Country / Cheryl Strayed -- Labrador Tea / Arthur Sze -- I Am Myself Three Selves At Least / Jennifer K. Sweeney -- The Cousins / Charles Baxter -- The Decision / Timothy Liu -- Lores Of Last Unicorns / Jen Hirt -- The Eviction / Rodney Jones -- Fem Care / Elliott Holt -- Ocular / Rosanna Warren -- Analphabet / Martin Moran -- Lord God Bird / Colin Cheney -- Steal Small / Caitlin Horrocks -- The Bees Of Deir Kifa / Michael Collier -- My Father's Hats / Jeffrey Hammond -- Capriccio In E Minor For Blowfly And Strings / Paul Muldoon -- Memories Of The Decadence / Hari Kunzru -- To The Furies Who Visited Me In The Basement Of Duane Reade / Sharon Dolin -- Children Are The Only Ones Who Blush / Joe Meno -- Rome / Brigit Pegeen Kelly -- On Coming Back As A Buzzard / Lia Purpura -- Model Prison Model / Terrance Hayes -- God / Amy Leach -- Chechnya / Anthony Marra -- The Dark Rides / Chase Twichell -- Remembering Samuel Beckett / Barney Rosset -- A Slip Of Paper / Louise Glück -- Mr. Tall / Tony Earley -- Hither & Yon / L.s. Asekoff -- Freaky Beasts: Revelations Of A One-time Body Builder / William Giraldi -- Wear / Jay Rogoff -- They Say / Laura Kasischke -- Sheep May Safely Graze / Jess Row -- A Dead Man In Nashville / Amanda Rea -- The Problem Of Water / Emily Toder -- Shelter / Susan Perabo -- A Wall In Naples And Nothing More / Philip Levine -- Sontag's Rules / Sigrid Nunez -- Blackstone / C.k. Williams -- Barter / Ravi Shankar -- Things We'll Need For The Coming Difficulties / Valerie Vogrin -- Light Or Dark Speech / William Olsen -- The Watermark / Susan Mccallum-smith -- Stagflation / Joanna Fuhrman -- Two Midnights In A Jug / Marc Watkins -- Watchful / Bob Hicok -- Here, Now: Eckhart Tolle Takes The Stage / Adam M. Bright -- Her Car / Jean Valentine -- Pet / Deb Olin Unferth -- The Caul Of Inshallah / Mohja Kahf -- Understanding The New Genuine Negro Hero / Thomas Sayers Ellis -- Indoor Municipal Pool / Alan Shapiro -- Final Dispositions / Linda Mccullough Moor -- Freedom Of Speech / Lucie Brock-broido -- How We Thought About Toys / Nancy Eimers -- Mot / Sarah Einstein -- Landscape With Arson / Jennifer Grotz -- Three Buddhist Tales / Marilyn Chin -- Talismanic / David Wojahn -- Dido Refuses To Speak / Linda Gregerson. Edited By Bill Henderson ; With The Pushcart Prize Editors. Includes Index.