Not since the days of Hemingway, Pound and Joyce has so much talent been
invested in small book presses and little magazines in every part of the
country and indeed the world. In order to bring these writers to a wider
audience, the Pushcart Prize every year requests that editors from
hundreds of presses nominate their year's best. Nominations are also
made by Pushcart's staff of Contributing Editors, who then assist in the
final choice.Pushcart Prize XLII is a celebration of a wide variety of
poets, essayists and short story writers from more than 50 presses. As
ever, most writers in this edition appear in the series for the first
time.The Pushcart Prize has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement
Award from the National Book Critics Circle and is acclaimed by writers,
readers and reviewers internationally.