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- English
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The Best American Short Stories 2022
About this book
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor.
Andrew Sean Greer, “an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy” (Washington Post), selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A Ravishing Sun by Leslie Blanco
- The Little Widow from the Capital by Yohanca Delgado
- Man of the House by Kim Coleman Foote
- The Wind by Lauren Groff
- The Hollow by Greg Jackson
- Detective Dog by Gish Jen
- Sugar Island by Claire Luchette
- The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken
- Post by Alice McDermott
- Bears Among the Living by Kevin Moffett
- Soon the Light by Gina Ochsner
- Mbiu Dash by Okwiri Oduor
- The Meeting by Alix Ohlin
- The Beyoğlu Municipality Waste Management Orchestra by Kenan Orhan
- The Ghost Birds by Karen Russell
- Mr. Ashok’s Monument by Sanjena Sathian
- Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
- The Sins of Others by Héctor Tobar
- Elephant Seals by Meghan Louise Wagner
- Foster by Bryan Washington
- Contributors’ Notes
- Other Distinguished Stories of 2021
- American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories
- About the Editors
- Guest Editors of The Best American Short Stories
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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