2021 short story collection
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.[1]
Short stories included
| Author |
Title |
First published
|
| Gabriel Bump |
"To Buffalo Eastward" |
McSweeney's (No. 59)
|
| Rita Chang-Eppig |
"The Miracle Girl" |
Virginia Quarterly Review (Vol.96, No.4)
|
| Vanessa Cuti |
"Our Children" |
West Branch (No. 94)
|
| Jenzo DuQue |
"The Rest of Us" |
One Story (No.268)
|
| Brandon Hobson |
"Escape from the Dysphesiac People" |
McSweeney's (No. 61)
|
| Jamil Jan Kochai |
"Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" |
The New Yorker (January 6, 2020)
|
| Nicole Krauss |
"Switzerland" |
The New Yorker (September 14, 2020)
|
| David Means |
"Clementine, Carmelita, Dog" |
Granta (No. 152)
|
| Yxta Maya Murray |
"Paradise" |
The Southern Review (Vol. 56, No. 3)
|
| Eloghosa Osunde |
"Good Boy" |
The Paris Review (No. 234)
|
| Jane Pek |
"Portrait of Two Young Ladies in White and Green Robes (Unidentified Artist, circa Sexteenth Century)" |
Conjunctions (No.75)
|
| Tracy Rose Peyton |
"The Last Days of Rodney" |
American Short Fiction (Vol. 23, No.71)
|
| Christa Romanosky |
"In This Sort of World, the Asshole Wins" |
The Cincinnati Review (Vol. 17, No.2)
|
| George Saunders |
"Love Letter" |
The New Yorker (April 6, 2020)
|
| Shanteka Sigers |
"A Way with Bea" |
The Paris Review (No. 234)
|
| Stephanie Soileau |
"Haguillory" |
Zoetrope: All-Story (Vol.24, No. 2)
|
| Madhuri Vijay |
"You Are My Dear Friend" |
The New Yorker (August 17, 2020)
|
| Bryan Washington |
"Palaver" |
McSweeney's (No. 62)
|
| Kevin Wilson |
"Biology" |
The Southern Review (Vol 56, No.1)
|
| C Pam Zhang |
"Little Beast" |
BOMB (No. 153)
|
References
- ^ Pitlor, Heidi and Ward, Jesmyn (editors), The Best American Short Stories 2021 Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2021.
