Review | The Best American Short Stories of 2014

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  • Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 0544582942
    • ISBN: 0544582942
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Best American Paper

    Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also lo... [Read More]

  • 100 Years of The Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 0547485859
    • ISBN: 0547485859
    • Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. For the centennial celebration of this beloved annual series, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-... [Read More]

  • The Best American Short Stories 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 0544582896
    • ISBN: 0544582896
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    “The literary ‘Oscars’ features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.” —Shelf Awareness for Readers The Best American Short Stories 2016 will be selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz. He brings "one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, ca... [Read More]

  • PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2019

    • ASIN: 1948226340
    • ISBN: 1948226340
    • Manufacturer: Catapult

    The essential annual guide to the newest voices in short fiction selected by Danielle Evans, Alice Sola Kim, and Carmen Maria Machado"Prominent issues of social justice and cultural strife are woven thematically throughout 12 stories. Stories of prison reform, the immigrant experience, and the aftermath of sexual assault make the book a vivid time ... [Read More]

  • The Best American Short Stories 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 0547868863
    • ISBN: 9780547868868
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    “The literary ‘Oscars’ features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.” — Shelf Awareness for ReadersThe Best American Short Stories 2014 will be selected by national best-selling author Jennifer Egan, who won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for A Vis... [Read More]

  • PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018

    • ASIN: 1936787938
    • ISBN: 1936787938
    • Manufacturer: Catapult

    THE ESSENTIAL YEARLY GUIDE TO THE NEWEST VOICES IN SHORT FICTION "A book of gems, each one carrying its own particular clarity and cut, that teaches students of writing how limitless the short story form can be." ―Marie-Helene Bertino, author of 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018 celebrates twelve outstanding s... [Read More]

  • PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017

    • ASIN: 1936787687
    • ISBN: 1936787687
    • Manufacturer: Catapult

    THE INAUGURAL ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE'S MOST PROMISING NEW VOICES "A welcome addition to the run of established short story annuals, promising good work to come." ―Kirkus Reviews Many writers who are household names today got their start when an editor encountered their work for the first time and took a chance. This book celebrates twelve such ... [Read More]

  • The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: B078962GZL
    • Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    Today’s readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about space ships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the places where they intersect. Co... [Read More]

  • Hunting's Best Short Stories (Sporting's Best Short Stories series)

    • ASIN: 1556524749
    • ISBN: 1556524749
    • Brand: Chicago Review Press
    • Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

    The drama, danger, and energy of the hunt are unsurpassed as inspiration for short-story writers, many of whom have been fine hunters themselves. This collection spans the full range of the 20th century and boasts many prize-winning authors and stories, including Wallace Stegner’s “The Blue-Winged Teal,” Thomas McGuane’s “Sportsmen,” an... [Read More]

  • The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

    • ASIN: 0199744394
    • ISBN: 0199744394
    • Brand: Oxford University Press USA
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

    In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be ... [Read More]

  • Baseball's Best Short Stories (Sporting's Best Short Stories series)

    • ASIN: 1613743769
    • ISBN: 1613743769
    • Brand: Chicago Review Press
    • Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

    This expanded edition features the best-loved short stories from the 20th century as well as new tales from some of the 21st century’s most iconic names in fiction. No other sport has inspired as many great writers as baseball has, and this exceptional anthology brings together 34 short stories about the nation’s favorite pastime. The stories ... [Read More]

  • The Pushcart Prize XLIII: Best of the Small Presses 2019 Edition (The Pushcart Prize)

    • ASIN: 1888889896
    • ISBN: 1888889896
    • Manufacturer: Pushcart Press

    “More good poems, essays and stories are found in these presses than any other place on the planet.” Richard Ford This 43rd edition of the annual Pushcart Prize – the most celebrated literary series in America – is further proof that these days the heat and heart of contemporary writing is often found in small presses scattered around the c... [Read More]

  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (The Best American Series)

    • UPC: 046442517478
    • ASIN: 0618517472
    • ISBN: 0618517472
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    "[Most of] these stories are portraits, in styles ranging from sly to harrowing, of how crimes occurred ... If you like all your characters living at the end of a story, this may not be the book for you." -- from the introduction by Scott TurowBest-selling author Scott Turow takes the helm for the tenth edition of this annual, featuring twenty-one ... [Read More]

  • Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

    • ASIN: 1328715515
    • ISBN: 1328715515
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Best American Paper

    “Undeniably exquisite . . . Reveal[s] not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity.” —Maria Popova   “An excellent introduction to the key issues in science today.” —P. D. Smith, Guardian   “[A] stellar compendium . . . Delightful to read.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review A renown... [Read More]

  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

    • ASIN: 0399588191
    • ISBN: 0399588191
    • Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Ne... [Read More]

  • City of Girls: A Novel

    • ASIN: B07HZ2Q1MK
    • Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

  • The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 (Touchstone Books (Paperback))

    • ASIN: 1416532277
    • ISBN: 9781416532279
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists.Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, ... [Read More]

  • Fishing's Best Short Stories (Sporting's Best Short Stories series)

    • ASIN: 1556524811
    • ISBN: 1556524811
    • Brand: Chicago Review Press
    • Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

    These 25 unforgettable fishing stories boast fast action, dramatic plot twists, and intriguing characters, from the sinister to the hilarious. Spanning the entire 20th century, they offer a bounty of fishing adventures: the solitary sportsman casting in a fast trout stream; expensive ocean charters seeking grouper; a couple of kids with bamboo pole... [Read More]

  • Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion

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    • ISBN: 0998958034
    • Manufacturer: Skinned Knee Publishing

    Kindness matters! Especially to ourselves.We talk to kids a lot about how to be friends to others. Not much about how to be friends to themselves.  Yet, positive self-talk and self-acceptance help build emotional resilience, happiness and well-being.Along with Esperanza, your child can learn the importance of being a friend to themselves!Listening... [Read More]

  • The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Modern Library)

    • ASIN: 0375756884
    • ISBN: 0375756884
    • Brand: Modern Library
    • Manufacturer: Modern Library

    This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and... [Read More]

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