The Best American Short Stories 2018 Author:Roxane Gay (Editor), Heidi Pitlor (Editor) "I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed," writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, "but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world." — The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection... more » transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a Twitter addict, and an Appalachian preacher - all characters and circumstances that show us what we 'need to know about the lives of others.'
Contents:
Cougar / Maria Anderson --
A family / Jamel Brinkley --
The art of losing / Yoon Choi --
Los Angeles / Emma Cline --
Unearth / Alicia Elliott --
Boys go to Jupiter / Danielle Evans --
A history of China / Carolyn Ferrell --
Come on, silver / Ann Glaviano --
What got into us / Jacob Guajardo --
Everything is far from here / Cristina Henr\74\iquez --