A review by wskent
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 by Dave Eggers

3.0

A review of everything you didn't read in 2011. This year's collection was exceptionally sad. The compilation was mechanically efficient in making me consider the threads of silver lining woven into each stormy story. Highlights include:

Best American Profile of an International Pop Star - Shteyngart
Art of the Steal - Bearman
Game of Her Life - Crothers
Solitude and Leadership - Deresiewicz
The Deep - Doerr
What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones - LeDuff
Mid-Life Cowboy - Spring

Give it a read.