The best American short stories 2021
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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." --book jacket.
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Bump, Gabriel
Hobson, Brandon
Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992-
Krauss, Nicole
Means, David, 1961-
Osunde, Eloghosa
Pek, Jane
Saunders, George, 1958-
Soileau, Stephanie
Vijay, Madhuri
Ward, Jesmyn
Washington, Bryan, 1993-
Wilson, Kevin, 1978-
Zhang, C Pam
Hobson, Brandon
Kochai, Jamil Jan, 1992-
Krauss, Nicole
Means, David, 1961-
Osunde, Eloghosa
Pek, Jane
Saunders, George, 1958-
Soileau, Stephanie
Vijay, Madhuri
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Washington, Bryan, 1993-
Wilson, Kevin, 1978-
Zhang, C Pam
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Osunde, Eloghosa,author
Pek, Jane,author
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Soileau, Stephanie,author
Vijay, Madhuri,author
Ward, Jesmyn,editor
Washington, Bryan,1993-author
Wilson, Kevin,1978-author
Zhang, C Pam,author
Hobson, Brandon,author
Kochai, Jamil Jan,1992-author
Krauss, Nicole,author
Means, David,1961-author
Osunde, Eloghosa,author
Pek, Jane,author
Saunders, George,1958-author
Soileau, Stephanie,author
Vijay, Madhuri,author
Ward, Jesmyn,editor
Washington, Bryan,1993-author
Wilson, Kevin,1978-author
Zhang, C Pam,author
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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." --book jacket.
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Canadian fiction -- 21st century
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Short stories, Canadian
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Short stories, Canadian
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The best American short stories 2021
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Canadian fiction
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