cover image The Pushcart Prize 12

The Pushcart Prize 12

. Penguin Books, $10.95 (592pp) ISBN 978-0-14-009470-1

This sampling of small presses and little magazines ``continues to uphold its reputation as a provocative forum for contemporary writing,'' wrote PW. ``The eclectic, experimental 1987-88 omnibus is conspicuously mournful and self-reflecting although the applications are universal.'' (August)