"Twenty masterfully crafted short stories" by T.C. Boyle, Emma Cline, Mary Gaitskill, and more: "Outstanding and well worth the read." ā
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"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 theĀ Best American Short StoriesĀ series. "They were windows into emotions I had and hadn't had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships."
Decades later, 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.Ā
The Best American Short Stories 2020 includes selections by:
T. C. BOYLE ā¢ EMMA CLINE ā¢ MARY GAITSKILLĀ ā¢ ANDREA LEE ā¢ ELIZABETH McCRACKEN ā¢ ALEJANDRO PUYANA ā¢ WILLIAM PEI SHIH ā¢ KEVIN WILSONĀ ā¢ JANE PEK ā¢ CAROLYN FERRELL ā¢ SCOTT NADELSON ā¢ MENG JIN ā¢ and more
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The Best American Short Stories 2020
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Introduction
- SELENA ANDERSON: Godmother Tea
- T. C. BOYLE: The Apartment
- JASON BROWN: A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed
- MICHAEL BYERS: Sibling Rivalry
- EMMA CLINE: The Nanny
- MARIAN CROTTY: Halloween
- CAROLYN FERRELL: Something Street
- MARY GAITSKILL: This Is Pleasure
- MENG JIN: In the Event
- ANDREA LEE: The Children
- SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS: Rubberdust
- ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN: Itās Not You
- SCOTT NADELSON: LibertƩ
- LEIGH NEWMAN: Howl Palace
- JANE PEK: The Nine-Tailed Fox Explains
- ALEJANDRO PUYANA: The Hands of Dirty Children
- ANNA REESER: Octopus VII
- WILLIAM PEI SHIH: Enlightenment
- KEVIN WILSON: Kennedy
- TIPHANIE YANIQUE: The Special World
- Contributorsā Notes
- Other Distinguished Stories of 2019
- American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories
- Read More from the Best American series
- About the Editors
- Connect with HMH
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