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  2. The Best American Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    The Best American Short Stories. The Best American Short Stories is a yearly anthology that's part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, [1] including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature.

  3. List of one-act plays by Tennessee Williams - Wikipedia

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    The Palooka. The Palooka is a 1937 one-act about an old has-been boxer. The characters are The Palooka (Galveston Joe), The Kid and The Trainer. The Kid is nervous about his first fight, and The Palooka relieves the Kid's anxiety by telling about the fictional life he wanted to lead after he retired as Galveston Joe.

  4. The Black List (survey) - Wikipedia

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    The Black List tallies the number of "likes" various screenplays are given by development executives, and then ranks them accordingly. The most-liked screenplay is The Imitation Game, which topped the list in 2011 with 133 likes; it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.

  5. That Hell-Bound Train - Wikipedia

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    A comic book version of the story began publication on May 15, 2011. The adaptation was written by Joe R. Lansdale and John Lansdale, with art by Dave Wachter. Running for three issues, it was published by IDW Comics. The song "Hellbound Train (Downbound Train)" by Chuck Berry is about a similar train. A dramatized radio version was broadcast ...

  6. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    In some cases of ideographic scripts, only the author of a text can read it with any certainty, and it may be said that they are interpreted rather than read. Such scripts often work best as mnemonic aids for oral texts or as outlines that will be fleshed out in speech. Adinkra; Aztec script – Nahuatl (includes syllabic and logographic elements)

  7. Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay - Wikipedia

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    oscars.org. The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.

  8. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die - Wikipedia

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    960 (first edition) ISBN. 978-1-844-03417-8. OCLC. 906238342. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a literary reference book compiled by over one hundred literary critics worldwide and edited by Peter Boxall, Professor of English at Sussex University, with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. [1][2] Each title is accompanied by a brief ...

  9. The Best American Short Stories 2020 - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 9781328485366 (hardback) Preceded by. The Best American Short Stories 2019. Followed by. The Best American Short Stories 2021. The Best American Short Stories 2020 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor Curtis Sittenfeld. [ 1]