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Title:

The best American short stories 2019 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Anthony Doerr with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Anthony Doerr.

Publisher:

Mariner BooksHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xxi, 372 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Short stories, American.
Short stories, Canadian.
American fiction--21st century.
Canadian fiction--21st century.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Doerr, Anthony, 1973- writer of introduction. writer of introduction.
Pitlor, Heidi, editor.
Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame, author.
Alcott, Kathleen, author.
Berry, Wendell, 1934- author.
Brinkley, Jamel, author.
Eisenberg, Deborah, author.
Elliott, Julia, 1968- author.
Eugenides, Jeffrey, author.
Gorham, Ella Martinsen, 1969- author.
Krauss, Nicole, author.
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018, author.
Muñoz, Manuel, 1972- author.
Nunez, Sigrid, author.
Reva, Maria, author.
Russell, Karen, 1981- author.
Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd, author.
Schaitkin, Alexis, 1985- author.
Shepard, Jim, author.
Trahan, Jenn Alandy, author.
Wang, Weike, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-369).

Contents:

Omakase / Weike Wang. Natural light / Kathleen Alcott -- The great interruption : the story of a famous story off Old Port Williams and how it ceased to be told (1935-1978) / Wendell Berry -- No more than a bubble / Jamel Brinkley -- The third tower / Deborah Eisenberg -- Hellion / Julia Elliott -- Bronze / Jeffery Eugenides -- Protozoa / Ella Martinsen Gorham -- Seeing Ershadi / Nicole Krauss -- Pity and shame / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Anyone can do it / Manuel Munoz -- The plan / Sigrid Nunez -- Letter of apology / Maria Reva -- Black Corfu / Karen Russell -- Audition / Saïd Sayrafiezadeh -- Natural disasters / Alexis Schaitkin -- Our day of grace / Jim Shepard -- Wrong object / Mona Simpson -- They told us not to say this / Jenn Alandy Trahan -- Omakase / Weike Wang.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

1328484246
9781328484246
9781328465825
1328465829

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1080247642

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)