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Short stories -- Appreciation -- Essays.
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Short stories -- Appreciation -- Essays.
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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The
PEN
/O.
Henry
prize
stories
.
2012
/ chosen and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays by jurors Mary Gaitskill, Daniyal Mueenuddin, Ron Rash on the
stories
they admire most.
Anchor Books, 2012.
Call #:
FICTION
PEN
2012
Subjects
Short
stories
-- Appreciation -- Essays.
United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780307947888 (trade pbk.)
0307947882 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
O
.
Henry
Prize
stories
.
2012
Description:
xxvi, 468 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Subtitle on spine: The best
stories
of the year.
Contents:
Introduction / Laura Furman -- Uncle Rock / Dagoberto Gilb -- The Vandercook / Alice Mattison -- Leak / Sam Ruddick -- Nothing living lives alone / Wendell Berry -- The first wife / Christine Sneed -- A birth in the woods / Kevin Wilson -- Naima / Hisham Matar -- Mickey Mouse / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Things said or done / Ann Packer -- East of the West / Miroslav Penkov -- A brush / John Berger -- Kindness / Yiyun Li -- Phantoms / Steven Millhauser -- Boys Town / Jim Shepard -- The hare's mask / Mark Slouka -- Eyewall / Lauren Groff -- Rothko eggs / Keith Ridgway -- The deep / Anthony Doerr -- The woman who lived in the house / Salvatore Scibona -- Corrie / Alice Munro -- Reading the
PEN
/O.
Henry
Prize
stories
2012
-- Writing the
PEN
/O.
Henry
Prize
stories
2012
.
Summary:
The
PEN
/O.
Henry
Prize
Stories
2012
gathers twenty of the best short
stories
of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. These remarkable
stories
explore the boundaries of the imagination in settings as various as an army training camp in China, the salt mines of Detroit, a divided Balkan town, and the eye of a hurricane. 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.
Genre:
Short
stories
.
Other authors:
Furman, Laura.
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Captain William Spry Public Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION PEN 2012
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