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The Best American Short Stories 1996 (Best American Short Stories)
The Best American Short Stories 1996 - Best American Short Stories Author:John Edgar Wideman (Editor), Katrina Kenison (Editor) Still the only anthology shaped each year by a different guest editor -- always a preeminent master of the form -- THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES is the essential yearbook of the American literary scene. Here are the most talked about short stories of the year alongside undiscovered gems. — In his introduction, guest editor E. L. Doctorow writes... more », "Here is the felt life conferred by the gifted storyteller . . . who always raises two voices into the lonely universe, the character's and the writer's own." Doctorow has chosen a compelling variety of voices to usher in the new millennium, attesting to the astonishing range of human experience our best writers evoke.« less