Since its inception in 1915, the
Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very
best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the
Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind.
Lending a fresh perspective to a perennial favorite, Walter Mosley has chosen unforgettable short stories by both renowned writers and exciting newcomers. The Best American Short Stories 2003 features poignant tales that explore the nuances of family life and love, birth and death. Here are stories that will, as Mosley writes in his introduction, "live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs."
- Dorothy Allison
- Edwidge Danticat
- E. L. Doctorow
- Louise Erdrich
- Adam Haslett
- ZZ Packer
- Mona Simpson
- Mary Yukari Waters
- and more!
Review:
"Mosley has selected dazzling, unsettling new work by...brilliantly imaginative, compassionate, and artistic storytellers...whose stories touch on every phase of life." Booklist
Review:
"The latest BASS, while full of talent, is ultimately an echo of successes past....Not bad, but far from the best — and not even the best anthology to have appeared this year." Kirkus Reviews
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Author: Title: Read by:
Walter Mosley - Introduction - (the author)
E. L. Doctorow - Baby Wilson - Oliver Wyman
Jess Row - Heaven Lake - (the author)
Emily Ishem Raboteau - Kavita Though Glass - Will LeBow
Mona Simpson - Coins - (the author)
ZZ Packer Every Tongue Shall Confess - Rose Weaver
Kevin Brockmeier - Space - Joe Fox
Louise Erdrich - Shamengwa Lonnie FarmerAuthor: Title: Read by:
Walter Mosley - Introduction - (the author)
E. L. Doctorow - Baby Wilson - Oliver Wyman
Jess Row - Heaven Lake - (the author)
Emily Ishem Raboteau - Kavita Though Glass - Will LeBow
Mona Simpson - Coins - (the author)
ZZ Packer Every Tongue Shall Confess - Rose Weaver
Kevin Brockmeier - Space - Joe Fox
Louise Erdrich - Shamengwa Lonnie Farmer
