TY - BOOK AU - Perrotta,Tom AU - Pitlor,Heidi TI - The best American short stories 2012: selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines T2 - Best American series SN - 9780547242101 SN - 00676233 AV - PS643 .B47 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Short stories, Canadian KW - American fiction KW - 21st century KW - Short stories, American KW - Short stories KW - gsafd N1 - "Mariner Books"--T.p; Introduction -- The last speaker of the language / Carol Anshaw -- Pilgrim life / Taylor Antrim -- What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank / Nathan Englander -- The other place / Mary Gaitskill -- North country / Roxane Gay -- Paramour / Jennifer Haigh -- Navigators / Mike Meginnis -- Miracle polish / Steven Millhauser -- Axis / Alice Munro -- Volcano / Lawrence Osborne -- Diem Perdidi / Julie Otsuka -- Honeydew / Edith Pearlman -- Occupational hazard / Angela Pneuman -- Beautiful monsters / Eric Puchner -- Tenth of December / George Saunders -- The sex lives of African girls / Taiye Selasi -- Alive / Sharon Solwitz -- M & M world / Kate Walbert -- Anything helps / Jess Walter -- What's important is feeling / Adam Wilson -- Contributor's notes -- Other distinguished stories of 2011 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories ER -