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The Best American Series: Short Stories & Essays

Name: The Best American Series: Short Stories & Essays
ISBN: 9780547862279

The Best American Series,

160 pages
English
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The Best American Series: Short Stories & Essays

The Best American Series,

About this book

A collection of eleven fiction and nonfiction selections from the 2011 editions of the Best American Series, highlighting 2011's best American writing.
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. The guest editor then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.
This special ebook contains eleven selections from the 2011 editions.
From The Best American Short Stories edited by Geraldine Brooks:

"Housewifely Arts" by Megan Mayhew Bergman

"Phantoms" by Steven Millhauser
From The Best American Essays edited by Edwidge Danticat:

"Chapels" by Pico Iyer

"There Are Things Awry Here" by Lia Purpura
From The Best American Mystery Stories edited by Harlan Coben:

"A Crime of Opportunity" by Ernest J. Finney
From The Best American Science and Nature Writing edited by Mary Roach:

"The Killer in the Pool" by Tim Zimmermann

"The Whole Fracking Enchilada" by Sandra Steingraber
From The Best American Sports Writing edited by Jane Leavy:

"The Surfing Savant" by Paul Solotaroff

"New Mike, Old Christine" by Nancy Hass
From The Best American Travel Writing edited by Sloane Crosley:

"My Year at Sea" by Christopher Buckley

"Miami Party Boom" by Emily Witt

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