The Best American Short Stories, 2006 /
The Best American Short Stories, 2006 /
American short stories, 2006
selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Ann Patchett with Katrina Kenison ; with an introduction by Ann Patchett.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
- xxii, 388 pages ; 22 cm.
- Best American series .
- Best American series. .
Introduction / Once the shore / Awaiting orders / The ambush / Secret / Dominion / So much for Artemis / Refresh, refresh / Self-reliance / The view from Castle Rock / Tattooizm / Cowboy / The dog / After a life / The conductor / Today I'm yours / How we avenged the Blums / Grandmother's nose / A new gravestone for an old grave / The casual car pool / Mr. Nobody at all / Ann Patchett -- Paul Yoon -- Tobias Wolff -- Donna Tartt -- Maxine Swann -- Mark Slouka -- Patrick Ryan -- Benjamin Percy -- Edith Pearlman -- Alice Munro -- Kevin Moffett -- Thomas McGuane -- Jack Livings -- Yiyun Li -- Aleksandar Hemon -- Mary Gaitskill -- Nathan Englander -- Robert Coover -- David Bezmozgis -- Katherine Bell -- Anne Beattie with Harry Mathews.
Since 1915 the Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.
0618543511 9780618543519 061854352X 9780618543526
Short stories, American.
Short stories, Canadian.
American fiction--21st century.
Canadian fiction--21st century.
PS 648 .S5 .B4 2006
Introduction / Once the shore / Awaiting orders / The ambush / Secret / Dominion / So much for Artemis / Refresh, refresh / Self-reliance / The view from Castle Rock / Tattooizm / Cowboy / The dog / After a life / The conductor / Today I'm yours / How we avenged the Blums / Grandmother's nose / A new gravestone for an old grave / The casual car pool / Mr. Nobody at all / Ann Patchett -- Paul Yoon -- Tobias Wolff -- Donna Tartt -- Maxine Swann -- Mark Slouka -- Patrick Ryan -- Benjamin Percy -- Edith Pearlman -- Alice Munro -- Kevin Moffett -- Thomas McGuane -- Jack Livings -- Yiyun Li -- Aleksandar Hemon -- Mary Gaitskill -- Nathan Englander -- Robert Coover -- David Bezmozgis -- Katherine Bell -- Anne Beattie with Harry Mathews.
Since 1915 the Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.
0618543511 9780618543519 061854352X 9780618543526
Short stories, American.
Short stories, Canadian.
American fiction--21st century.
Canadian fiction--21st century.
PS 648 .S5 .B4 2006