The Best American Short Stories 2003 by Katrina Kenison

The Best American Short Stories 2003 by Katrina Kenison

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.
Lending a fresh perspective to a perennial favorite, Walter Mosley has chosen unforgettable short stories by both renowned writers and exciting newcomers. The Best American Short Stories 2003 features poignant tales that explore the nuances of family life and love, birth and death. Here are stories that will, as Mosley writes in his introduction, "live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs."

Dorothy Allison Edwidge Danticat E. L. Doctorow Louise Erdrich Adam Haslett ZZ Packer Mona Simpson Mary Yukari Waters

Since 1990, Katrina Kenison has served as the annual editor of The Best American Short Stories. She edited The Best American Short Tales of the Century, a New York Times bestseller, alongside John Updike. She is the coeditor of Mothers: Twenty Tales of Modern Motherhood and has written essays for Redbook and Ladies' Home Journal, among other publications. She and her husband, as well as their two sons, live just outside of Boston.

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ISBN 13	9780618197330
ISBN 10	0618197338
Title	The Best American Short Stories 2003
Author	Katrina Kenison
Series	Best American
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mariner Books
Year published	2003-10-10
Number of pages	384
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