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The best American short stories. 2024 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Lauren Groff with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Lauren Groff.

Groff, Lauren, (editor,, writer of introduction.). Pitlor, Heidi, (editor.). Akella, Shastri, (author.). Anderson, Selena Gambrell, (author.). Bertino, Marie-Helene, (author.). Brinkley, Jamel, (author.). Chang, Alexandra, 1988- (author.). Colwin, Laurie, (author.). Damm, Katherine, (author.). Dektar, Molly, (author.). Duong, Steven, (author.). ffitch, Madeline, 1981- (author.). Hyde, Allegra, (author.). Kitaiskaia, Taisia, (author.). Lahiri, Jhumpa, (author.). Mason, Daniel (Daniel Philippe), (author.). Ostlund, Lori, (author.). Shepard, Jim, (author.). Shepherd, Susan, (author.). Van der Vliet Oloomi, Azareen, (author.). Wang, Suzanne, (author.). Yoon, Paul, (author.).

Summary:

"A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and The Vaster Wilds, and series editor Heidi Pitlor. 'There have never been as many exquisitely built stories in existence than there are now,' proclaims guest editor Lauren Groff in her introduction. This abundance led to a volume of robust stories with the nerve to push against narrative expectations. The Best American Short Stories 2024 boasts a collection of twenty stories"-- Publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063275959
ISBN: 0063275953
ISBN: 9780063275966
ISBN: 0063275961
Physical Description: xxvi, 373 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Magic bangle / Shastri Akella (from Fairy Tale Review) -- Jewel of the Gulf of Mexico / Selena Gambrell Anderson (from McSweeney's) -- Viola in Midwinter / Marie-Helene Bertino (from Bennington Review) -- Blessed Deliverance / Jamel Brinkley (from Zoetrope: All-Story) -- Phenotype / Alexandra Chang (from Electric Literature) -- Evensong / Laurie Colwin (from The New Yorker) -- The Happiest Day of Your Life / Katherine Damm (from The Iowa Review) -- The Bed & Breakfast / Molly Dektar (from Harvard Review) -- Dorchester / Steven Duong (from The Drift) -- Seeing Through Maps / Madeline Ffitch (from Harper's Magazine) -- Democracy in America / Allegra Hyde (from The Massachusetts Review) -- Engelond / Taisia Kitaiskaia (from Virginia Quarterly Review) -- P’s Parties / Jhumpa Lahiri (from The New Yorker) -- A Case Study / Daniel Mason (from The Paris Review) -- Just Another Family / Lori Ostlund (from New England Review) -- Privilege / Jim Shepard (from Ploughshares) -- Baboons / Susan Shepherd (from The Kenyon Review) -- Extinction / Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi (from Electric Literature) -- Mall of America / Suzanne Wang (from One Story) -- Valley of the Moon / Paul Yoon (from The New Yorker) -- Contributor's notes -- Other distinguished stories of 2023 -- American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.