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Best new American voices 2009 / Guest editor Mary Gaitskill. - Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2008 - xvii, 343 pages ; 21 cm.

"A Harvest original."

Introduction / by Mary Gaitskill -- Yellowstone / by Baird Harper -- Weather enough / by Will Boast -- Wintering / by Anastasia Kolendo -- The monkey king / by Sharon May -- Little stones, little pistols, little clash / by Jacob Rubin -- Salvation Army / by Mehdi Tavana Okasi -- Love for Miss Dottie / by Larry N. Mayer -- Mules / by Erin Brown -- Look Ma, I'm breathing / by Suzanne Rivecca -- Statehood / by Kevin A. González -- Welcome home / by Theodore Wheeler -- Love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice / by Nam Le -- The fantôme of Fatma / by Otis Haschemeyer -- The still point / by Lydia Peelle.

This year's volume, featuring 17 new stories selected by award-winning novelist John Casey, continues the tradition of identifying the best young writers on the cusp of their careers.

ISBN: 9780156034319 015603431X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shorts stories, american
American fiction- 21 est century
United state- social life and customs 21 century- fiction
Cuentos americanos
Cuentos estadounidenses --Siglo XXI
Ficción--Siglo XXI
Novela estadounidense

LC Class. No.: PS 648 / B561 2008