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| Editor | T. C. Boyle and Heidi Pitlor |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780547868868 (paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 2014 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 2016 |
The Best American Short Stories 2015, a volume in the Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor T. C. Boyle. [1]
| Author | Story | Where story previously appeared |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Mayhew Bergman | "The Siege at Whale Cay" | The Kenyon Review |
| Justin Bigos | "Fingerprints" | McSweeney's |
| Kevin Canty | "Happy Endings" | New Ohio Review |
| Diane Cook | "Moving On" | Tin House |
| Julia Elliott | "Bride" | Conjunctions |
| Louise Erdrich | "The Big Cat" | The New Yorker |
| Ben Fowlkes | "You'll Apologize If You Have To" | Crazyhorse |
| Arna Bontemps Hemenway | "The Fugue" | Alaska Quarterly Review |
| Denis Johnson | "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" | The New Yorker |
| Sarah Kokernot | "M & L" | West Branch |
| Victor Lodato | "Jack, July" | The New Yorker |
| Colum McCann | "Sh'khol" | Zoetrope |
| Elizabeth McCracken | "Thunderstruck" | StoryQuarterly |
| Thomas McGuane | "Motherlode" | The New Yorker |
| Maile Meloy | "Madame Lazarus" | The New Yorker |
| Shobha Rao | "Kavitha and Mustafa" | Nimrod |
| Joan Silber | "About My Aunt" | Tin House |
| Aria Beth Sloss | "North" | One Story |
| Laura Lee Smith | "Unsafe at Any Speed" | New England Review |
| Jess Walter | "Mr. Voice" | Tin House |
The Best American Short Stories is a yearly anthology that's part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, including works by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature. Along with the O. Henry Awards, Best American Short Stories is one of the two "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction."
The Best American Short Stories 2008, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Salman Rushdie.
The Best American Short Stories 2007, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Stephen King.
The Best American Short Stories 2006, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Katrina Kenison and by guest editor Ann Patchett. This edition is notable in that it was the last edition edited by Katrina Kenison, who was succeeded by Heidi Pitlor the following year. Also, Patchett chose to present the stories in reverse-alphabetical order.
The Best American Short Stories 2009, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Alice Sebold.
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The Best American Short Stories 2011, a volume in the Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Geraldine Brooks.
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The Best American Short Stories 2016, a volume in the Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Junot Díaz.
The Best American Short Stories 2018, a volume in the Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Roxane Gay.
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The Best American Short Stories 2020 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor Curtis Sittenfeld.
The Best American Short Stories 2021 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor and two-time National Book Award winner, Jesmyn Ward.
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