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Best American Experimental Writing 2018, guest-edited by Myung Mi Kim, is the fourth edition of the critically acclaimed anthology series compiling an exciting mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and genre-defying work. Featuring a diverse roster of writers and artists culled from both established authors—like Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Don Mee Choi, Mónica de la Torre, Layli Long Soldier, and Simone White—as well as new and unexpected voices, including Clickhole.com, BAX 2018 presents an expansive view of today's experimental and high-energy writing practices. A perfect gift for discerning readers as well as an important classroom tool, Best American Experimental Writing 2018 is a vital addition to the American literary landscape.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-viii
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  1. Guest Editor’s Introduction
  2. Myung Mi Kim
  3. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Series Editors’ Introduction
  2. Seth Abramson and Jesse Damiani
  3. pp. xiii-xx
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  1. “The No-Limit and Its Discontents,” from 3.) Immanence
  2. George Albon
  3. pp. 1-4
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  1. Voice Activation
  2. Rosa Alcalá
  3. p. 5
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  1. Syntax Errors
  2. Rachel Allen
  3. pp. 6-13
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  1. [cartograph], and [Eutiquia]
  2. José Felipe Alvergue
  3. pp. 14-26
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  1. Orientations to Lemons, or Patience Is a Seed
  2. Stine An
  3. pp. 27-35
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  1. from “The Field for Blue Corn”
  2. Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge
  3. pp. 36-37
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  1. De::con::struct
  2. Tamiko Beyer
  3. pp. 38-39
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  1. from doctrine of vestiges
  2. David Brazil
  3. pp. 40-42
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  1. Reading Hervé Guibert with Édouard Louis in the New York Public Library
  2. Dylan Byron
  3. pp. 43-50
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  1. When School Is a Factory, Where is Ana Mendieta?
  2. Amy Sara Carroll
  3. pp. 51-55
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  1. Diamonds in Dystopia
  2. Vincent A. Cellucci
  3. pp. 56-60
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  1. from A Comprehensive History of Asian America
  2. Geneva Chao
  3. pp. 61-65
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  1. Suicide Parade Please! / One Day the Soldiers Discovered
  2. Don Mee Choi
  3. pp. 66-68
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  1. Faith in Humanity Restored! After These Students Were Defrauded Out of Their Life Savings, Donald Trump Helped By Giving Them $25 Million
  2. ClickHole - Steve Etheridge and Alex Blechman
  3. pp. 69-70
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  1. In the Interest of Full Transparency, Here Are the 7 Emails I Sent to Hillary Clinton About My Sick Horse
  2. Stephen LaConte
  3. pp. 71-74
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  1. Among Things Nowhere Power Ordinary Things
  2. Norma Cole
  3. pp. 75-78
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  1. Shell Scenarios
  2. Stephen Collis
  3. pp. 79-87
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  1. Auto[complete]
  2. R.M. Cooper
  3. pp. 88-92
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  1. from C.A.M.P.S.
  2. Julia Drescher
  3. pp. 93-96
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  1. from Nomenclature, Miigaadiwin, a Forked Tongue
  2. Aja Couchois Duncan
  3. pp. 97-99
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  1. HOARDERS: Mary
  2. Kate Durbin
  3. pp. 100-102
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  1. Shale
  2. Biswamit Dwibedy
  3. p. 103
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  1. Remaining answer
  2. Saddiq Dzukogi
  3. p. 104
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  1. from Linthead Stomp
  2. Tim Earley
  3. pp. 105-106
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  1. Alternate Reading of Wuthering Heights
  2. Tanis Franco
  3. p. 107
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  1. from Residual Synonyms for the Name of God
  2. Lewis Freedman
  3. pp. 108-113
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  1. from Dramaticules
  2. Zaccaria Fulton
  3. pp. 114-119
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  1. from 85% True / Minor Ecologies
  2. Kristen Gallagher
  3. pp. 120-128
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  1. Mantles of Non-Translation
  2. Hugo García Manríquez
  3. pp. 129-133
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  1. Scepter of the Marketplace Dragnet
  2. Susan Gevirtz
  3. pp. 134-136
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  1. from New York: Capital of the 20th Century
  2. Kenneth Goldsmith
  3. pp. 137-140
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  1. from @seebotschat: conversation.log Google AI Poetry
  2. Google Inc.
  3. pp. 141-144
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  1. Bed from Government
  2. Gabriel Gudding
  3. pp. 145-151
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  1. ghost purchase
  2. Marwa Helal
  3. pp. 152-153
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  1. As One Put Drunk into the Packet-Boat 2
  2. Paul Legault
  3. pp. 154-155
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  1. from Disorientations
  2. Michael Leong
  3. pp. 156-163
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  1. from Whereas
  2. Layli Long Soldier
  3. pp. 164-169
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  1. Budding Small Citations*
  2. Jill Magi
  3. pp. 170-171
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  1. from “LAND (5/15/13)”
  2. C.J. Martin
  3. pp. 172-177
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  1. Chatter
  2. Nicole McCarthy
  3. pp. 178-182
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  1. Black Existentialism No. 8: Ad Nauseum; or Ad Infinitum
  2. Jonah Mixon-Webster
  3. pp. 183-192
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  1. Based on Actual Events / The Real Nigga Attempts to Survive the Apocalypse
  2. pp. 193-205
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  1. from [Auto] Index
  2. Saretta Morgan
  3. pp. 206-209
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  1. Surgery Lessñn [Trepanation]
  2. Erín Moure
  3. pp. 210-213
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  1. to afar from afar
  2. Soham Patel
  3. pp. 214-217
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  1. The Honeymooners
  2. David James Poissant
  3. pp. 218-221
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  1. Underanimal: An Excerpt from Anemal Uter Meck
  2. MG Roberts
  3. pp. 222-223
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  1. Homing
  2. pp. 224-226
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  1. SOMEDAY, WE MAY come to regret this
  2. pp. 227-228
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  1. from “A Deríve”
  2. Martin Rock
  3. pp. 229-232
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  1. from Xamissa
  2. Henk Rossouw
  3. pp. 233-238
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  1. from “Devotion + Doubt”
  2. Ian R. Sharp
  3. pp. 239-244
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  1. I Sing the Body Electric
  2. Lauren Shufran
  3. pp. 245-253
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  1. [“If selves are thoughts . . .”]
  2. Isabel Sobral Campos
  3. pp. 254-255
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  1. the militant queer goes a-walking
  2. Joseph Spece
  3. pp. 256-258
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  1. Mirrored Resonance 1
  2. Jonathan Stalling
  3. pp. 259-264
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  1. Language and Materiality
  2. Eleni Stecopoulos
  3. pp. 265-271
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  1. from new sutras
  2. Suzanne Stein
  3. pp. 272-279
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  1. According to the Apothecary
  2. Kate Sutherland
  3. pp. 280-281
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  1. talking Horse
  2. Julian Talamantez Brolaski
  3. pp. 282-283
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  1. I had already shuttered an aspect of my vision
  2. pp. 284-285
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  1. Kill Time Objective
  2. Roberto Tejada
  3. pp. 286-287
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  1. Inhabiting the Drift: Michael Tracy: Paintings, Works on Paper, 2008–2015
  2. pp. 288-291
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  1. from The Happy End / All Welcome
  2. Mónica de la Torre
  3. pp. 292-294
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  1. from Suelo Tide Cement
  2. Christina Vega-Westhoff
  3. pp. 295-298
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  1. Calais, onward
  2. Asiya Wadud
  3. pp. 299-300
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  1. Lunchtime with Woodwinds
  2. Alli Warren
  3. pp. 301-302
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  1. Understanding Great Art and the People Who Make It
  2. Alexander Weinstein
  3. pp. 303-308
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  1. Stingray
  2. Simone White
  3. pp. 309-312
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  1. Leo DiCaprio’s $11 Million Malibu Beach House and the Soul-Crushing Agony of Being Human
  2. Julia Wick
  3. pp. 313-315
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  1. from Tatting
  2. Uljana Wolf
  3. pp. 316-323
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  1. from Again, or Sixty- Seven Days
  2. Devon Wootten
  3. pp. 324-327
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  1. Mehan e ma / Macrorayan, Kabul/ April, 5:00 AM/ notes on return
  2. Mina Zohal
  3. pp. 328-332
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 333-338
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  1. Contributors
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