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The Best American short stories 2017 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Meg Wolitzer with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Meg Wolitzer.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

FICTION BES 2017

Short stories, American.

Best American series.

9780544582903 (pbk.)

xx, 303 pages ; 22 cm.

Maidencane / Chad B. Anderson -- Are we not men? / T.C. Boyle -- God's work / Kevin Canty -- A small sacrifice for an enormous happiness / Jai Chakrabarti -- Arcadia / Emma Cline -- Hog for sorrow / Leopoldine Core -- Campoamor / Patricia Engel -- Richard of York gave battle in vain / Danielle Evans -- Ugly / Mary Gordon -- Midnight zone / Lauren Groff -- Chicane / Amy Hempel -- Tally / Noy Holland -- Gave dove / Sonya Larson -- Let's go to the videotape / Fiona Maazel -- Ancient Rome / Kyle McCarthy -- Last day on Earth / Eric Puchner -- Novostroika / Maria Reva -- Telemachus / Jim Shepard -- Gender studies / Curtis Sittenfeld -- Famous actor / Jess Walter.

Author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. "If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn't go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome," writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you'll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on America's Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a father - unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell. The stories chosen for this anthology were originally published between January 2016 and January 2017 in nationally distributed American or Canadian periodicals, or published in English by writers who have made the United States their home.

Short stories, Canadian.

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