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The best American short stories 2016 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Junot Díaz with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Junot Díaz.

Contributor(s): Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- | Ali, Mohammed Naseehu | Anam, Tahmima, 1975- | Barrett, Andrea | Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien | Chiang, Ted | Erdrich, Louise | Ferreras, Yalitza | Groff, Lauren | Hadero, Meron | Henderson, Smith (Joshua Smith) | Ko, Lisa | Marcus, Ben, 1967- | Millner, Caille | O'Malley, Daniel | Russell, Karen, 1981- | Sakata, Yuko | Solwitz, Sharon, 1945- | Tobar, Héctor, 1963- | Wideman, John Edgar | Díaz, Junot, 1968- [editor.] | Pitlor, Heidi [editor.].
Series: Best American series: Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ©2016Description: xx, 311 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780544582897.Subject(s): Short stories, American | Short stories, Canadian | American fiction -- 21st century | Canadian fiction -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Apollo / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Ravalushan / Mohammed Naseehu Ali -- Garments / Tahmima Anam -- Wonders of the shore / Andrea Barrett -- The bears / Sarah Shun-lien Bynum -- The great silence / Ted Chiang -- The flower / Louise Erdrich -- The Letician Age / Yalitza Ferreras -- For the god of love, for the love of god / Lauren Groff -- The suitcase / Meron Hadero -- Treasure state / Smith Henderson -- Pat + Sam / Lisa Ko -- Cold little bird / Ben Marcus -- The politics of the quotidian / Caille Millner -- Bridge / Daniel J. O'Malley -- The prospectors / Karen Russell -- On this side / Yuko Sakata -- Gifted / Sharon Solwitz -- Secret stream / Héctor Tobar -- Williamsburg Bridge / John Edgar Wideman.
Summary: Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
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Apollo / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Ravalushan / Mohammed Naseehu Ali -- Garments / Tahmima Anam -- Wonders of the shore / Andrea Barrett -- The bears / Sarah Shun-lien Bynum -- The great silence / Ted Chiang -- The flower / Louise Erdrich -- The Letician Age / Yalitza Ferreras -- For the god of love, for the love of god / Lauren Groff -- The suitcase / Meron Hadero -- Treasure state / Smith Henderson -- Pat + Sam / Lisa Ko -- Cold little bird / Ben Marcus -- The politics of the quotidian / Caille Millner -- Bridge / Daniel J. O'Malley -- The prospectors / Karen Russell -- On this side / Yuko Sakata -- Gifted / Sharon Solwitz -- Secret stream / Héctor Tobar -- Williamsburg Bridge / John Edgar Wideman.

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

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