The best American short stories 2020

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""To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time," recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. "They were windows into emotions I had and hadn't had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships." Sittenfeld was met by the same feeling selecting the stories for this year's edition. The result is a striking and nuanced collection, bringing to life awkward college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To read these stories is to experience the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to realize that story writing in America continues to flourish."--Provided by publisher.

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American fiction
American fiction -- 21st century
Canadian fiction
Canadian fiction -- 21st century
Fiction
Short stories
Short stories, American
Short stories, Canadian

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Cline, Emma.Nanny
Pitlor, Heidi,editor
Ferrell, Carolyn.Something Street
Pek, Jane.Nine-tailed fox explains
Brown, Jason,1969-Faithful but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed
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