Bibliograph

The best American short stories 2009, selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Alice Sebold with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Alice Sebold

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The best American short stories 2009, selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Alice Sebold with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Alice Sebold

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The best American short stories 2009

Responsibility statement

selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Alice Sebold with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Alice Sebold

Summary

Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" ("Chicago Tribune)." The collection boasts great variety from "famous to first-timers, sifted from major magazines and little reviews, grand and little worlds" ("St. Louis Post-Dispatch), " ensuring yet another rewarding, eduring edition of the oldest and best-selling Best American

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Alice Sebold -- The idiot President / Daniel Alarcon -- Yurt / Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum -- Rubiaux rising / Steve de Jarnatt -- Beyond the pale / Joseph Epstein -- A shadow table / Alice Fulton -- NowTrends / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- The farms / Eleanor Henderson -- Sagittarius / Grek Hrbek -- Hurricanes anonymous / Adam Johnson -- The anniversary trip / Victoria Lancelotta -- A man like him / Yiyun Li -- The briefcase / Rebecca Makkai -- Magic words / Jill McCorkle -- One dog year / Kevin Moffett -- Modulation / Richard Powers -- Them old cowboy songs / Annie Proulx -- Into the gorge / Ron Rash -- Ostracon / Alex Rose -- The peripatetic coffin / Ethan Rutherford -- Muzungu / Namwali Serpell

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