The best American short stories 2021
(Book)
Contributors
Ward, Jesmyn, editor.
Pitlor, Heidi, editor.
Bump, Gabriel, author.
Chang-Eppig, Rita, author.
Cuti, Vanessa, author.
Pitlor, Heidi, editor.
Bump, Gabriel, author.
Chang-Eppig, Rita, author.
Cuti, Vanessa, author.
Published
Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Format
Book
Status
Sequim - Fiction (Adult)
BEST_AM 2021
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BEST_AM 2021
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Copies
Volume | Location | Call Number | Status |
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2021 | Sequim - Fiction (Adult) | BEST_AM 2021 | Available |
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Published
Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Physical Desc
xx, 275 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes contributors' notes and other distinguished stories of 2020.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
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.