The Best American short stories, 1999: selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
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Book
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xxviii, 410 pages ; 22 cm.
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The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.

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North Branford/Atwater Adult Fiction
Fiction Best 1999
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Old Lyme A Non-Fiction 800
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Wallingford Adult Fiction
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Woodbridge Adult NF 800-899
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English
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0395926831, 9780395926833, 039592684X, 9780395926840

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Description
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, 2000.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Tan, A., & Kenison, K. (1999). The Best American short stories, 1999: selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Tan, Amy and Katrina. Kenison. 1999. The Best American Short Stories, 1999: Selected From U.S. and Canadian Magazines. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Tan, Amy and Katrina. Kenison, The Best American Short Stories, 1999: Selected From U.S. and Canadian Magazines. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

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Tan, Amy. and Katrina Kenison. The Best American Short Stories, 1999: Selected From U.S. and Canadian Magazines. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

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