The New York Timesâbestselling author of The Interestings compiles a stunning anthology of literary short fiction with T.C. Boyle, Emma Cline and others.
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âIf you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldnât 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,â writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction to this volume.
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The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here youâll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on Americaâs Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a fatherâunforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell.
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The Best American Short Stories 2017 includes entries by T.C. Boyle, Jai Chakrabarti, Emma Cline, Danielle Evans, Lauren Groff, Eric Puchner, Jim Shepard, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jenn Walter and others.