Bibliograph

The best American short stories 2020, [selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Curtis Sittenfeld with Heidi Pitlor]

Type

Label

The best American short stories 2020, [selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Curtis Sittenfeld with Heidi Pitlor]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

The best American short stories 2020

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1200810205

Responsibility statement

[selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Curtis Sittenfeld with Heidi Pitlor]

Series statement

Best American series

Summary

New York Times best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld selects the twenty best short stories of the year

Table Of Contents

Front Cover -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Guest Editors of The Best American Short Stories -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 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 -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- VII. -- VIII. -- IX. -- X. -- XI. -- XII. -- XIII. -- XIV. -- XV. -- XVI. -- XVII. -- XVIII. -- XIX. -- XX. -- XXIXXII. -- XXIII. -- XXIV. -- XXV. -- XXVI. -- XXVII. -- XXVIII. -- XXIX. -- XXX. -- XXXI. -- XXXII. -- XXXIII. -- XXXIV. -- XXXV. -- XXXVI. -- XXXVII. -- XXXVIII. -- XXXIX. -- XL. -- XLI. -- XLII. -- XLIII. -- XLIV. -- XLV. -- Mary Gaitskill: This Is Pleasure -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- M. -- Q. -- Meng Jin: In the Event -- Andrea Lee: The Children -- Sarah Thankam Mathews: Rubberdust -- Elizabeth McCracken: It's Not You -- Scott Nadelson: Liberté -- Leigh Newman: Howl PalaceJane Pek: The Nine-Tailed Fox Explains -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- Alejandro Puyana: The Hands of Dirty Children -- Anna Reeser: Octopus VII -- William Pei Shih: Enlightenment -- Kevin Wilson: Kennedy -- Tiphanie Yanique: The Special World -- 1. The Ordinary World -- 2. Call to Adventure -- 3. Refusal of the Call -- 4. Traversing the Threshold -- 5. Tests, Allies, and Enemies -- 6. Approach to the Innermost Cave, or, The Meeting with the Goddess -- 7. The Ordeal -- 8. Atonement with the Father -- 9. The Road Back -- Back Matter -- Contributors' NotesOther Distinguished Stories of 2019 -- American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories -- The Best American Series -- Back Cover -- Spine

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