The best American short stories 2016

Díaz, Junot, 1968- (editor.). Pitlor, Heidi, (editor.). Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- (contributor.). Ali, Mohammed Naseehu, 1971- (contributor.). Anam, Tahmima, 1975- (contributor.). Barrett, Andrea, (contributor.). Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien, (contributor.). Chiang, Ted, (contributor.). Erdrich, Louise, (contributor.). Ferreras, Yalitza, 1971- (contributor.). Groff, Lauren, (contributor.). Hadero, Meron, 1978- (contributor.). Henderson, Smith (Joshua Smith), (contributor.). Ko, Lisa, (contributor.). Marcus, Ben, 1967- (contributor.). Millner, Caille, (contributor.). O'Malley, Daniel, (contributor.). Russell, Karen, 1981- (contributor.). Sakata, Yuko, 1977- (contributor.). Solwitz, Sharon, 1945- (contributor.). Tobar, Héctor, 1963- (contributor.). Wideman, John Edgar, (contributor.).

Summary:

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."

Record details

ISBN: 9780544582750
ISBN: 0544582756
ISBN: 9780544582897
ISBN: 0544582896
Physical Description: xx, 311 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Apollo / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Ravalushan / Mohammed Naseehu Ali -- Garments / Tahmima Anam -- Wonders of the shore / Andrea Barrett -- The bears / Sarah Shun-lien Bynum -- The great silence / Ted Chiang -- The flower / Louise Erdrich -- The Letician Age / Yalitza Ferreras -- For the god of love, for the love of god / Lauren Groff -- The suitcase / Meron Hadero -- Treasure state / Smith Henderson -- Pat + Sam / Lisa Ko -- Cold little bird / Ben Marcus -- The politics of the quotidian / Caille Millner -- Bridge / Daniel J. O'Malley -- The prospectors / Karen Russell -- On this side / Yuko Sakata -- Gifted / Sharon Solwitz -- Secret stream / Héctor Tobar -- Williamsburg Bridge / John Edgar Wideman.