The Pen/ O. Henry Prize stories.  2011 / 
chosen and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays on the stories they admire most by jurors A. M. Homes, Manuel MunÌoz, and Christine Schutt. 
 - New York :  Anchor Books,  c2011. 
 - xxvi, 403 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "The O. Henry Prize stories [was] ... retitled The Pen/ O. Henry Prize stories in 2009." -- p. vi. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / Laura Furman, series editor -- Your fate hurtles down at you / Jim Shepard -- Diary of an interesting year / Helen Simpson-- Melinda / Judy Doenges -- Nightblooming / Kenneth Calhoun -- The restoration of the villa where TiÌbor KaÌlmaÌn once lived / Tamas Dobozy -- Ice / Lily Tuck -- How to leave Hialeah / Jennine CapoÌ Crucet -- The junction / David Means -- Pole, pole / Susan Minot -- Alamo Plaza / Brad Watson -- The black square / Chris Adrian -- Nothing of consequence / Jane Delury -- The rules are the rules / Adam Foulds -- The vanishing American / Leslie Parry -- Crossing / Mark Slouka -- Bed death / Lori Ostlund -- Windeye / Brian Evenson -- Sunshine / Lynn Freed -- Never come back / Elizabeth Tallent -- Something you can't live without / Matthew Neill Null -- Reading the PEN/O. Henry prize stories 2011 : the jurors on their favorites / A.M. Holmes, Manuel MunÌoz, Christine Schutt -- Writing the PEN/O. Henry prize stories 2011 : the writers on their work. 
<br/><br/> Presents a collection of short stories judged to be the best in America and Canada for 2010, along with essays by three distinguished writers on their favorite pieces, and commentary from the twenty prize winners. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307472366 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short stories, American.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social life and customs--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Short stories.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS648.S5  / P74 2011