The best American short stories 2020  / 
selected from U.S. and Canadian magazinesby Curtis Sittenfeld with Heidi Pitlor. 
 - xx, 370 pages ;  22 cm. 
 - Best American series. .
 - Best American series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Godmother tea /  The apartment /  A faithful but melancholy account of several barbarities lately committed /  Sibling rivalry /  The nanny /  Halloween /  Something street /  This is pleasure /  In the event /  The children /  Rubberdust /  It's not you /  Liberté /  Howl Palace /  The nine-tailed fox explains /  The hands of dirty children /  Octopus VII /  Enlightenment /  Kennedy /  The special world /  Selena Anderson --  T.C. Boyle --  Jason Brown --  Michael Byers --  Emma Cline --  Marian Crotty --  Carolyn Ferrell --  Mary Gaitskill --  Meng Jin --  Andrea Lee --  Sarah Thankam Mathews --  Elizabeth McCracken --  Scott Nadelson --  Leigh Newman --  Jane Pek --  Alejandro Puyana --  Anna Reeser --  William Pei Shih --  Kevin Wilson --  Tiphanie Yanique. 
<br/><br/> "To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time," recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. "They were windows into emotions I had and hadn't had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships." Decades later, Sittenfeld was met by the same feeling selecting the stories for this year's edition. The result is a striking and nuanced collection, bringing to life awkward college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To read these stories is to experience the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to realize that story writing in America continues to flourish."--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781328485366 1328485366 9781328485373 1328485374 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short stories, American.<br/>Short stories, Canadian.<br/>American fiction--21st century.<br/>Canadian fiction--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Short stories.<br/>Short stories.<br/>Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.010806