The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 by Kevin Brockmeier, Eric Puchner, Chaz Reetz-Laiolo, Louise Erdrich, Mark Robert Rapacz, Jess Walter, Olivia Hamilton, Wesley Yang, Ryan Rivas, Julie Otsuka, Dave Eggers, Michael Poore, Mona Simpson, Phil Klay, Adrian Tomine, Nora Krug, Jose Antonio Vargas, John Jeremiah Sullivan, George Saunders, Judy Budnitz, Jon Ronson, Anthony Marra | Lex | Lex