Save Up to 50% on America's Best Writing

It's that time of year again, when Houghton Mifflin's Best American anthologies start popping up in bookstores. So far, I've had a grand time reading The Best American Science and Nature Writing and The Best American Travel Writing cover to cover for work, and I've been dipping into some of the other collections, including the sports and spirituality collections whenever I get a chance to unwind. As always, each anthology has some phenomenal stuff; it's been wonderful to reread Calvin Trillin on Ecuadorian bean soup, or Malcolm Gladwell on Rick Warren, or to discover Michael Chorost's "My Bionic Quest for Bolero," among many delights.

Now, thanks to the generosity of Houghton Mifflin, ten Beatrice readers will be able to delve into the year's best writing as well. If you're one of the first ten people to contribute $20 or more to the site's operational funds, you can have your choice of The Best American Gold Gift Box, which has short stories, mystery stories, and sports writing, or The Best American Silver Gift Box, which has short stories, travel writing, and spiritual writing. Both box sets normally retail for $40, but they can be yours for as little as $20...and you'll be supporting a literary website in the process!