The best American short stories, 2002 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines / [edited] by Sue Miller with Katrina Kenison ; with an introduction by Sue Miller. - xviii, 375 p. ; 22 cm. - The Best American series. . - Best American series. .

Foreword -- Introduction / Along the frontage road / sugar-tit / red ant house / Seven / house on the plains / Puppy / heifer / Zilkowski's theorem / Nobody's business / Digging / In case we're separated / Billy goats / Watermelon days / Nachman from Los Angeles / Bulldog / rug / Family furnishings / Surrounded by sleep / Love and hydrogen / Aftermath / Contributor's notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 2001 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazine publishing short stories. Sue Miller -- Michael Chabon -- Carolyn Cooke -- Ann Cummins -- Edwidge Danticat -- E.L. Doctorow -- Richard Ford -- Melissa Hardy -- Karl Iagnemma -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Beth Lordan -- Alice Mattison -- Jill McCorkle -- Tom McNeal -- Leonard Michaels -- Arthur Miller -- Meg Mullins -- Alice Munro -- Akhil Sharma -- Jim Shepard -- Mary Yukari Waters -- The The A The The

A compilation of twenty American short stories originally published in magazines and periodicals issued between January 2001 and January 2002, selected for inclusion by guest editor Sue Miller.

0618117490 0618131736 (pbk.) : 9780618117499 9780618131730 (pbk.)


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

PS648.S5 / B4 2002

813/.010806