The Pushcart Prize anthology reflects the best and worst of times

For the last week or so, I’ve been leisurely reading my way through “Pushcart Prize XXXVII: Best of the Small Presses” (Pushcart Press: 652 pages, $18.95 paper), the 37th annual collection of Pushcart Prize winning essays, stories and poems from America’s independent publishers and literary magazines.

By David L. Ulin

November 9, 2012