"An Anchor Books original, September 2021"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Color and light / Sally Rooney, The New Yorker. Two nurses, smoking / David Means, The New Yorker -- Malliga homes / Sindya Bhanoo, Granta -- Endangered species: case 47401 / Crystal Wilkinson, Story -- From far around they saw us burn / Alice Jolly, Ploushares -- Things we worried about when I was ten / David Rabe, The New Yorker -- Scissors / Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth Bryer, Granta -- Witness / James Brinkley, The Paris Review -- The other one / Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker -- Becoming the baby girl / Adachioma Ezeano, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern -- The master's castle / Anthony Doerr, The House -- The living sea / Tiphanie Yanique, Harvard Review -- Freedom from want / Joan Silber, Tin House -- Fisherman's stew / Jowhor Ile, The Sewanee Review -- White noise / Emma Cline, The New Yorker -- Delandria / Asali Solomon, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern -- Antediluvian / Ben Hinshaw, Harvard Review -- Grief's garden / Caroline Albertine Minor, translated by Caroline Waight, Granta -- To the dogs / Jianan Qian, Granta -- Color and light / Sally Rooney, The New Yorker.
Summary:
"Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year--continuing the O. Henry Prize's century-long tradition of literary excellence. Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction.
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