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The Best American Short Stories 2001by Barbara Kingsolver
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Kingsolver's selections for this anthology showcase a wide variety of new voices and masters, such as Alice Munro, Rick Moody, Dorothy West, and John Updike.
Description:This year?s Best American Short Stories is edited by the critically acclaimed and best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver, whose latest book is Prodigal Summer. Kingsolver?s selections for The Best American Short Stories 2001 showcase a wide variety of new voices and masters, such as Alice Munro, Rick Moody, Dorothy West, and John Updike. ?Reading these stories was both a distraction from and an anchor to the complexities of my life ? my pleasure, my companionship, my salvation. I hope they will be yours.? ? Barbara Kingsolver
Table of ContentsContents Foreword ix Introduction by Barbara Kingsolver xiii andrea barrett Servants of the Map 1 from Salmagundi rick bass The Fireman 44 from The Kenyon Review peter ho davies Think of England 62 from Ploughshares claire davis Labors of the Heart 78 from Ploughshares elizabeth graver The Mourning Door 95 from Ploughshares ha jin After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town 105 from TriQuarterly andrea lee Brothers and Sisters Around the World 138 from The New Yorker rick moody Boys 146 from Elle barbara klein moss Rug Weaver 152 from The Georgia Review alice munro Post and Beam 176 from The New Yorker peter orner The Raft 201 from The Atlantic Monthly roy parvin Betty Hutton 205 from Five Points nancy reisman Illumination 241 from Tin House jess row The Secrets of Bats 256 from Ploughshares annette sanford Nobody Listens When I Talk 271 from Descant katherine shonk My Mothers Garden 275 from Tin House marisa silver What I Saw from Where I Stood 296 from The New Yorker trevanian The Apple Tree 311 from The Antioch Review john updike Personal Archeology 326 from The New Yorker dorothy west My Baby ...334 from Connecticut Review Contributors Notes 345 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2000 359 Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories 363 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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