{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-2016-paperback","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2016 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJunot Díaz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHeidi Pitlor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The literary 'Oscars' features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShelf Awareness for Readers\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Best American Short Stories 2016\u003c\/em\u003e will be selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz. He brings \"one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, caffeinated and wonderfully eclectic\" (Michiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e) to the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the novel is our culture s favored literary form, upon which we heap all our desiccated literary laurels, if the novel is, say our Jaime Lannister, then the short story is our very own Tyrion: the disdained little brother, the perennial underdog. But what an underdog, writes Junot Diaz in his introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2016\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From a Nigerian boy s friendship with his family s former houseboy to a sweatshop girl s experience as a sister wife, from love and murder on the frontier to a meltdown in the academe, these stories, for Diaz, have the economy and power to break hearts bones vanities and cages. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ten years into her role as series editor, Heidi Pitlor confides, A great pleasure of my job is the rush that comes with discovery...I m reading a new story and not checking how long it is or what time I have to pick up the kids. I m reading and feeling and thinking, and, if I m lucky, laughing too. I m not working at all. A great story has that power: it removes you from your life. It lifts you away from a while. Junot Diaz and I found much to discover this year. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Best American Series(r)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If the novel is our culture s favored literary form, upon which we heap all our desiccated literary laurels, if the novel is, say our Jaime Lannister, then the short story is our very own Tyrion: the disdained little brother, the perennial underdog. But what an underdog, writes Junot Diaz in his introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2016\u003c\/i\u003e. From a Nigerian boy s friendship with his family s former houseboy to a sweatshop girl s experience as a sister wife, from love and murder on the frontier to a meltdown in the academe, these stories, for Diaz, have the economy and power to break hearts bones vanities and cages. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2016\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e includes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE, MOHAMMED NASEEHU ALI, ANDREA BARRETT, SARAH SHUN-LIEN BYNUM, TED CHIANG, LOUISE ERDRICH, \u003cbr\u003e LAUREN GROFF, KAREN RUSSELL, JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN\u003cbr\u003e and others\u003cbr\u003e Junot Diaz, editor, is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDrown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and \u003ci\u003eT\u003ci\u003ehis Is How You Lose Her\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship, PEN\/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN\/O. Henry Award.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Heidi Pitlor, series editor, is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Birthdays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Daylight Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUNOT DÍAZ is the author of \u003ci\u003eDrown, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Lose Her, \u003c\/i\u003e a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e HEIDI PITLOR is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Birthdays and The Daylight Marriage.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453246816434,"sku":"9780544582897","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/637760d11cfe8255aa49a842fd5654e3.webp?v=1778825030","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-2016-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}