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The best American short stories 2010 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines / by Richard Russo with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Richard Russo.

Pitlor, Heidi, (editor.). Pitlor, Heidi. (Added Author). Russo, Richard, 1949- (Added Author). Almond, Steve. Donkey greedy, donkey gets punched. (Added Author). Barton, Marlin, 1961- Into silence. (Added Author). Baxter, Charles, 1947- Cousins. (Added Author). Egan, Jennifer. Safari. (Added Author). Evans, Danielle. Someone ought to tell her there's nowhere to go. (Added Author). Ferris, Joshua. Valetudinarian. (Added Author). Groff, Lauren. Delicate edible birds. (Added Author). Harrison, Wayne, 1969- Least resistance. (Added Author). Lasdun, James. Hollow. (Added Author). Makkai, Rebecca. Painted ocean, painted ship. (Added Author). Mathews, Brendan. My last attempt to explain to you what happened with the lion tamer. (Added Author). McCorkle, Jill, 1958- PS. (Added Author). Moffett, Kevin, 1972- Further interpretations of real-life events. (Added Author). Obreht, Téa. Laugh. (Added Author). Ostlund, Lori. All boy. (Added Author). Rash, Ron, 1953- Ascent. (Added Author). Russell, Karen, 1981- Seagull army descends on Strong Beach. (Added Author). Shepard, Jim. Netherlands lives with water. (Added Author). Shipstead, Maggie. Cowboy tango. (Added Author). Tower, Wells, 1973- Raw water. (Added Author).

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Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year's collection boasts a satisfying "chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative" (Wall Street Journal). With the masterful Russo picking the best of the best, America's oldest and best-selling story anthology is sure to be of "enduring quality" (Chicago Tribune) this year.

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  • ISBN: 0547055285
  • ISBN: 0547055323
  • ISBN: 9780547055282
  • ISBN: 9780547055329
  • Physical Description: xix, 421 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

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Introduction / Richard Russo -- Donkey greedy, donkey gets punched / Steve Almond -- Into silence / Marlin Barton -- Cousins / Charles Baxter -- Safari / Jennifer Egan -- Someone ought to tell her there's nowhere to go / Danielle Evans -- Valetudinarian / Joshua Ferris -- Delicate edible birds / Lauren Groff -- Least resistance / Wayne Harrison -- Hollow / James Lasdun -- Painted ocean, painted ship / Rebecca Makkai -- My last attempt to explain to you what happened with the lion tamer / Brendan Mathews -- PS / Jill McCorkle -- Further interpretations of real-life events / Kevin Moffett -- Laugh / Téa Obreht -- All boy / Lori Ostlund -- Ascent / Ron Rash -- Seagull Army descends on Strong Beach / Karen Russell -- Netherlands lives with water / Jim Shepard -- Cowboy tango / Maggie Shipstead -- Raw water / Wells Tower.

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