Inspired by the 1942 anthology 'This Is My Best' (collecting the self-selected best work of authors such as William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway,William Carlos Williams, Dorothy Parker, and 140 others), this contemporary collection invites a whole new cast of fiction writers, essayists, poets, playwrights, and cartoonists to choose and comment on their best work.
Compiled by the editors at QPB, the anthology is a who's who of contemporary literature and popular culture, including Anne Tyler, Arthur Miller, John Updike, Gary Trudeau, Davis Sedaris, Rita Dove,Tom Robbins, Al Franken, Scott Turow, T.C. Boyle, the list goes on and on (and is still growing). What's perhaps even more exciting than the impressive list of names are the authors' thoughtful and fascinating introductions. (Joyce Carol Oates, for example, reveals that a horrific act committed by a family member informed her story while also shedding light on much of her best work.)
