Best new American voices 2010
By: guest editor, Dani Shapiro ; series editors, John Kulka and Natalie Danford
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780156034258
Subjects: American Short stories; American fiction; Fiction; Manners and customs; Social life and customs
Description: From the Publisher: Bestselling novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro brings her expertise to this year's volume of Best New American Voices. Now in its eleventh year, this series gathers the best fiction from hundreds of nominations submitted by writing programs such as the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Johns Hopkins, and from summer conferences such as Sewanee and Bread Loaf. Joshua Ferris, Julie Orringer, Adam Johnson, William Gay, Lauren Groff, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Maile Meloy, Amanda Davis, and Nam Le are just some of the acclaimed authors whose early work has appeared in this series since its launch in 2000. Discover for yourself the dazzling variety of great fiction being produced in the top writers' workships-with a complete list of contact information included-and find the best new American voices here first.
Table of contents: title: Preface -- Introduction / -- Dani Shapiro; title: Bethlehem is full  -- Boomer Pinches; title: Lizard man  -- David James Poissant; title: Cape Town  -- Claire O'Connor; title: Horusville  -- Christian Moody; title: Up high in the air  -- Laura van den Berg; title: Changing station  -- Edward Porter; title: Critic  -- Emily Freeman; title: Save the I-Hotel  -- Lysley Tenorio; title: Plato  -- Timothy Scott; title: Half sister  -- Greg Changnon; title: Some things I've been meaning to ask you  -- Ted Thompson; title: Flight  -- David Lombardi; title: Hero  -- Leslie Barnard; title: Portrait of a backup  -- Andrew Brininstool; title: Burning of Lawrence  -- Andrew Malan Milward; title: Intermodal -- Baird Harper-- Contributors-- Participants.