The best American short stories 2021

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The best American short stories 2021

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To Buffalo eastward.

The miracle girl.

Our children.

The rest of us.

Escape from the dysphesiac people.

Playing Metal Gear Solid V: the phantom pain.

Switzerland.

Clementine, Carmelita, dog.

Paradise.

Good boy.

Portrait of two young ladies in white and green robes (unidentified artist, circa sixteenth century).

The last days of Rodney.

In this sort of world, the asshole wins.

Love letter.

A way with Bea.

Haguillory.

You are my dear friend.

Palaver.

Biology.

Little beast.

Series:

Best American series.

Summary:

In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, 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 of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East, with real consequences, to an indigenous boy's gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience. These stories are poignant reminders of the possibilities of fiction: as you sink into world after world, become character after character, as Ward writes, you "forget yourself, and then, upon surfacing, know yourself and others anew."

Contents:

To Buffalo eastward / The miracle girl / Our children / The rest of us / Escape from the dysphesiac people / Playing Metal Gear Solid V: the phantom pain / Switzherland / Clementine, Carmelita, dog / Paradise / Good boy / Portrait of two ladies in white and green robes (unidentified artist, circa sixteenth century) / The last days of Rodney / In this sort of world, the asshole wins / Love letter / A way with Bea / Haguillory / You are my dear friend / Palaver / Biology / Least beast

Physical Description:

xx, 275 pages ; 22 cm

Genre:

Short stories.

Subject Term:

American fiction -- 21st century.

Canadian fiction -- 21st century.

Publisher:

Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2021

ISBN:

9781328485380

9781328485397

Publication Information:

Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Call Number:

BEST

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Summary

A collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward

In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard 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 of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East,with real consequences, to an indigenous boy's gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience. These stories are poignant reminders of the possibilities of fiction: as you sink into world after world, become character after character, as Ward writes,you"forget yourself, and then, upon surfacing, know yourself and others anew.

The Best American Short Stories 2021 includes

GABRIEL BUMP * BRANDON HOBSON * DAVID MEANS* JANE PEK * TRACEY ROSE PEYTON * GEORGE SAUNDERS * BRYAN WASHINGTON * KEVIN WILSON * C PAM ZHANG and others

Author Notes

Jesmyn Ward was born in DeLisle, Mississippi in 1977. She became a writer after the death of her brother by a drunk driver. She received a MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. Her books include the novel Where the Line Bleeds, the memoir Men We Reaped, and the nonfiction work The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2011 and an Alex Award in 2012. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2017. She taught at University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, and Tulane University.

(Bowker Author Biography)