The Best American Short Stories 2001

This year’s Best American Short Stories is edited by the critically acclaimed and best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver, whose latest book is Prodigal Summer. Kingsolver’s selections for The Best American Short Stories 2001 showcase a wide variety of new voices and masters, such as Alice Munro, Rick Moody, Dorothy West, and John Updike. “Reading these stories was both a distraction from and an anchor to the complexities of my life — my pleasure, my companionship, my salvation. I hope they will be yours.” — Barbara Kingsolver

Author:         Title:             Read by:
Barbara Kingslover -     Introduction -         Liz Bulkley
Rick Bass -         Firemen -         (the author)
Claire Davis -         Labors Of The Heart -     (the author)
Elizabeth Graver -     The Mourning Door -     (the author)
Ha Jin -         After Cowboy Chicken Came To Town - Packrick Wang
Rick Moody -         Boys -             (the author)
Alice Munro -         Post And Beam -     Liz Bulkley
Peter Orner -         The Raft -         (the author)
Katherine Shonk -     My Mother's Garden -     (the author)
Dorothy West -         My Baby... -         Kera Washington