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Title:

The best American short stories 2020 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Curtis Sittenfeld with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Curtis Sittenfeld.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Blackstone Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

13 audio discs (16.29 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Sittenfeld, Curtis, editor.
Pitlor, Heidi, editor.
Container of (work): Anderson, Selena, 1984- Godmother tea.
Container of (work): Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Apartment.
Container of (work): Brown, Jason, 1969- Faithful but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed.
Container of (work): Byers, Michael. Sibling rivalry.
Container of (work): Cline, Emma. Nanny.
Container of (work): Crotty, Marian, 1980- Halloween.
Container of (work): Ferrell, Carolyn. Something Street.
Container of (work): Gaitskill, Mary, 1954- This is pleasure.
Container of (work): Jin, Meng, 1989- In the event.
Container of (work): Lee, Andrea, 1953- Children.
Container of (work): Mathews, Sarah Thankam. Rubberdust.
Container of (work): McCracken, Elizabeth. It's not you.
Container of (work): Nadelson, Scott. Liberté.
Container of (work): Newman, Leigh. Howl Palace.
Container of (work): Pek, Jane. Nine-tailed fox explains.
Container of (work): Puyana, Alejandro. Hands of dirty children.
Container of (work): Reeser, Anna. Octopus VII.
Container of (work): Shih, William Pei. Enlightenment.
Container of (work): Wilson, Kevin, 1978- Kennedy.
Container of (work): Yanique, Tiphanie. Special world.

Contents:

The special world / Tiphanie Yanique. The apartment / T.C. Boyle -- A faithful but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed / Jason Brown -- Sibling rivalry / Michael Byers -- The nanny / Emma Cline -- Halloween / Marian Crotty -- Something Street / Carolyn Ferrell -- This is pleasure / Mary Gaitskill -- In the event / Meng Jin -- The children / Andrea Lee -- Rubberdust / Sarah Thankam Mathews -- It's not you / Elizabeth McCracken -- Liberté / Scott Nadelson -- Howl Palace / Leigh Newman -- The nine-tailed fox explains / Jane Pek -- The hands of dirty children / Alejandro Puyana -- Octopus VII / Anna Reeser -- Enlightenment / William Pei Shih -- Kennedy / Kevin Wilson -- The special world / Tiphanie Yanique.

Summary:

"'To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time,' recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. 'They were windows into emotions I had and hadn't had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships.' Sittenfeld was met by the same feeling selecting the stories for this year's edition. The result is a striking and nuanced collection, bringing to life awkward college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To read these stories is to experience the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to realize that story writing in America continues to flourish"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0358394856
9780358394853

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1230205533

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)