PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 by Laura Furman

PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 by Laura Furman

A collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 brings to life a dazzling array of subjects- a street orphan in Malaysia, a cowboy and his teenage bride, a Russian nanny in Manhattan, a nineteenth-century Nigerian widow, and political prisoners on a Greek island. Also included are essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.

Them Old Cowboy Songs
Annie Proulx

Clothed, Female Figure
Kirstin Allio

The Headstrong Historian
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Stand By Me
Wendell Berry

Sheep May Safely Graze
Jess Row

Birch Memorial
Preeta Samarasan

Visitation
Brad Watson

The Woman of the House
William Trevor

The Bridge
Daniel Alarc n

A Spoiled Man
Daniyal Mueenuddin

Oh, Death
James Lasdun

Fresco, Byzantine
Natalie Bakopoulos

The End of My Life in New York
Peter Cameron

Obit
Ted Sanders

The Lover
Damon Galgut

An East Egg Update
George Bradley

Into the Gorge
Ron Rash

Microstories
John Edgar Wideman

Making Good
Lore Segal

For author interviews, photos, and more,go to www.ohenryprizestories.com

A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to support the PEN Readers & Writers Literary Outreach Program.

Furman, Laura: - Laura Furman was born in New York, and educated in New York City public schools and at Bennington College. Her first story appeared in The New Yorker in 1976, and since then her work has been published in many magazines, including Yale Review, Southwest Review, Ploughshares, American Scholar, Preservation, House & Garden, and other magazines. Her books include three collections of short stories, two novels, and a memoir. She is the recipient of fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Dobie Paisano Project, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has received grants in residency at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and in 2009 she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. She taught for many years in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin. Series editor of The PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories since 2002, Furman selects the twenty winning stories each year. She lives in Central Texas.

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ISBN 13	9780307472366
ISBN 10	0307472361
Title	PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010
Author	Laura Furman
Series	The O Henry Prize Collection
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	2010-04-20
Number of pages	512
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