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The Best American short stories 2018  Cover Image Book Book

The Best American short stories 2018 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Roxane Gay with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Roxane Gay.

Pitlor, Heidi, (editor.). Anderson, Maria (Fiction author), (author.). Brinkley, Jamel, (author.). Choi, Yoon, (author.). Cline, Emma, (author.). Elliott, Alicia, (author.). Evans, Danielle, (author.). Ferrell, Carolyn, (author.). Glaviano, Ann, 1983- (author.). Guajardo, Jacob, (author.). Henríquez, Cristina, (author.). Iskandrian, Kristen, (author.). Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole, (author.). Lyons, Matthew (Short story writer), (author.). Nayeri, Dina, (author.). Obreht, Téa, (author.). Rash, Ron, 1953- (Added Author). Silverberg, Amy, 1988- (author.). Sittenfeld, Curtis, (author.). Solomon, Rivers, (author.). Wang, Esmé Weijun, (author.). Gay, Roxane, (editor,, writer of introduction.).

Summary:

Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544582880
  • ISBN: 0544582888
  • Physical Description: xix, 322 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Cougar / Maria Anderson -- A family / Jamel Brinkley -- The art of losing / Yoon Choi -- Los Angeles / Emma Cline -- Unearth / Alicia Elliott -- Boys go to Jupiter / Danielle Evans -- A history of China / Carolyn Ferrell -- Come on, silver / Ann Glaviano -- What got into us / Jacob Guajardo -- Everything is far from here / Cristina Henríquez -- Good with boys / Kristen Iskandrian -- Control negro / Jocelyn Nicole Johnson -- The Brothers Brujo / Matthew Lyons -- A big true / Dina Nayeri -- Items awaiting protective enclosure / Téa Obreht -- The baptism / Ron Rash -- Suburbia! / Amy Silverberg -- The prairie wife / Curtis Sittenfeld -- Whose heart I long to stop with the click of a revolver / Rivers Solomon -- What terrible thing it was / Esmé Weijun Wang.
Subject: Short stories, American.
Short stories, Canadian.
American fiction > 21st century.
Canadian fiction > 21st century.
Genre: Short stories.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Area Public Library System. (Show)

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