Geraldine Brooks, from the introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2011
Since its inception in 1915, The Best American Short Stories has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction.
Past editors of have included: Michael Chabon, Lorrie Moore, Ann Patchett, Stephen King, Richard Russo, Salman Rushdie, Alice Sebold, and Geraldine Brooks.
Happy Short Story Month!
Most literary commentators are pretty gloom-and-doomy about the state of modern literature. The novel is dead, the e-reader is here, long-form television has replaced the film which replaced the novel as the dominant form of American cultural expression. And short stories? Totally irrelevant. Even…
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