The Best American Short Stories, 2000 :  selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines / 
[edited] by E.L. Doctorow with Katrina Kenison ; with an introduction by E.L. Doctorow. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  2000. 
 - xvi, 381 pages ;  22 cm. 
 - The Best American series .
 - Best American series. .
<br/><br/> Foreword --  Introduction /  Black Elvis /  The story /  The beautiful days /  The ordinary son /  Call if you need me /  Bones of the inner ear /  Nilda /  The gilgul of Park Avenue /  The fix /  Good for the soul /  He's at the office /  Blind Jozef Pronek /  The anointed /  The bridegroom /  The thing around them /  The third and final continent /  Pet fly /  Brownies /  Allog /  People in hell just want a drink of water /  Basil the dog /  Contributors' notes --  100 other distinguished stories of 1952 --  Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.  E.L. Doctorow --  Geoffrey Becker --  Amy Bloom --  Michael Byers --  Ron Carlson --  Raymond Carver --  Kiana Davenport --  Junot D�iaz --  Nathan Englander --  Percival Everett --  Tim Gautreaux --  Allan Gurganus --  Aleksandar Hemon --  Kathleen Hill --  Ha Jin --  Marilyn Krysl --  Jhumpa Lahiri --  Walter Mosley --  ZZ Packer --  Edith Pearlman --  Annie Proulx --  Frances Sherwood -- 
<br/><br/> A compilation of twenty-one American short stories originally published in magazines and periodicals issued between January 1952 and January 2000, selected for inclusion by guest editor E.L. Doctorow, with contributors' notes, and a list of one hundred additional distinguished stories of 1952. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0395926874 9780395926871 0395926866 9780395926864 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>780395926871  90000 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20010006761 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short stories, American.<br/>Short stories, Canadian.<br/>American fiction--21st century.<br/>Canadian fiction--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 648 .S5 B5 2000