The PEN/O. Henry Prize stories. 2010 / edited and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays on the stories they admire most by jurors Junot Diaz, Paula Fox, Yiyun Li.
"The O. Henry Prize stories [was] ... retitled The PEN/O. Henry Prize stories in 2009." -- p. viii.
Contents:
Introduction / Lore Segal -- Reading the PEN/O. Henry prize stories 2010. Annie Prouls -- Clothed, female figure / Kirstin Allio -- The headstrongs historian / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Stand by me / Wendell Berry -- Sheep may safely graze / Jess row -- Birch memorial / Preeta Samarasan -- Visitation / Brad Watson -- The woman of the house / William Trrevor -- The bridge / Daniel Alarcon -- A spoiled man / Daniyal Mueenuddin -- Oh, death / James Lasdun -- Fresco, Byzantine / Natalie Bakopoulos -- The end of my life in New York / Peter Cameron -- Obit / Ted Sanders -- The lover / Damon Galgut -- An East Egg update / George Bradley -- Into the gorge / Ron Rash -- Microstories / John Edgar Widerman -- Some women / Alice Munro -- Making good / Lore Segal -- Reading the PEN/O. Henry prize stories 2010.
Summary:
A collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 brings to life a dazzling array of subjects: a street orphan in Malaysia, a cowboy and his teenage bride, a Russian nanny in Manhattan, a nineteenth-century Nigerian widow, and political prisoners on a Greek island. Also included are essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.
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