Title:
The best American short stories 2021
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
Boston : Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
xx, 275 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781328485397
Abstract:
"In her introduction, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a 'sense of repair.' The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some tof that power into their own lives"--Cover.
Contents:
To Buffalo eastward / Gabriel Bump -- The miracle girl / Rita Chang-Eppig -- Our children / Vanessa Cuti -- The rest of us / Jenzo Duque -- Escape from the dysphesiac people / Brandon Hobson -- Playing Metal Gear Solid V / Jamil Jan Kochal -- Switzerland / Nicole Krauss -- Clementine, Carmelita, dog / David Means -- Paradise / Yxta Maya Murray -- Good boy / Eloghosa Osunde -- Portrait of two young ladies in white and green robes (unidentified artist, circa Sixteenth Century / Jane Pek -- The last days of Rodney / Tracey Rose Peyton -- In this sort of world, the asshole wins / Christa Romanosky -- Love letter / George Saunders -- A way with Bea / Shantera Sigers -- Haguillory / Stephanie Soileau -- You are my dear friend / Madhuri Vijay -- Palaver / Bryan Washington -- Biology / Kevin Wilson -- Little beast / G. Pam Zhang.
Language:
English
