The best American short stories 2016
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Contributors:
Díaz, Junot, 1968- editor.
Pitlor, Heidi, editor.
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- contributor.
Ali, Mohammed Naseehu, 1971- contributor.
Anam, Tahmima, 1975- contributor.
Published:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xx, 311 pages ; 22 cm.
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From a Nigerian boy's friendship with his family's former houseboy to a sweatshop girl's experience as a sister wife, from love and murder on the frontier to a meltdown in academe, these stories have the economy and power to "break hearts bones vanities and cages."

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ISBN:
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From a Nigerian boy's friendship with his family's former houseboy to a sweatshop girl's experience as a sister wife, from love and murder on the frontier to a meltdown in academe, these stories have the economy and power to "break hearts bones vanities and cages."

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APA Citation (style guide)

Díaz, J., Pitlor, H., Adichie, C. N., Ali, M. N., Anam, T., Barrett, A., Bynum, S. S., Chiang, T., Erdrich, L., Ferreras, Y., Groff, L., Hadero, M., Henderson, S., Ko, L., Marcus, B., Millner, C., O'Malley, D., Russell, K., Sakata, Y., Solwitz, S., Tobar, H., & Wideman, J. E. (2016). The best American short stories 2016. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Junot Díaz et al.. 2016. The Best American Short Stories 2016. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Junot Díaz et al., The Best American Short Stories 2016. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Díaz, Junot, et al. The Best American Short Stories 2016. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

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