Pushcart Prize XXXII: Best of the
Small Presses, 2008 Edition
Exhilarated By Excellence
The Pushcart Prize series is the best of its kind.—Kirkus Reviews
The Pushcart Prize XXXII continues as a testament to the flourishing of
American literature in our small presses. Edited with the assistance of
more than two hundred distinguished contributing editors—including Joyce
Carol Oates, Rosellen Brown, Rick Bass, Carolyn Kizer, Edward
Hoagsland, Rita Dove, and Naomi Shihab Nye—this volume celebrates
over sixty stories, essays, and poems from dozens of little magazines and
small presses.

It seems that the more commercial publishers consolidate the more small
presses capture and encourage what is lasting and important in our literary
culture. Each year The Pushcart Prize has increased from strength to
strength as the small presses expand in influence and energy.
Personal Review: Pushcart Prize XXXII: Best of the Small
Presses, 2008 Edition
If the words "Small Presses" in the title of this collection signify to you that
these pieces are likely amateurish or second-rate, think again. "Small
Presses" includes almost all of the journals in the U.S. that regularly
publish short fiction or poetry with only The New Yorker and Harper's
notably excluded. Thus, this edition includes selections initially published
in some of the most respected literary journals (Ploughshares, The Paris
Review, The Kenyon Review). It also identifies gems from less expected
sources (The North Dakota Quarterly, The Idaho Review). And in this
edition, as in most years, major talents both established (Joyce Carol
Oates, Galway Kinnell, Robert Olen Butler) and emerging (Lauren Groff,
Nam Le) are included. This dense collection contains more than 60
selections and offers more bang for the buck than almost any other
anthology.
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