A collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 brings to life a dazzling array of subjects- a street orphan in Malaysia, a cowboy and his teenage bride, a Russian nanny in Manhattan, a nineteenth-century Nigerian widow, and political prisoners on a Greek island. Also included are essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.
Them Old Cowboy Songs
Annie Proulx
Clothed, Female Figure Kirstin Allio
The Headstrong Historian
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Stand By Me
Wendell Berry
Sheep May Safely Graze Jess Row
Birch Memorial
Preeta Samarasan
Visitation Brad Watson
The Woman of the House
William Trevor
The Bridge
Daniel Alarc n
A Spoiled Man Daniyal Mueenuddin
Oh, Death James Lasdun
Fresco, Byzantine
Natalie Bakopoulos
The End of My Life in New York Peter Cameron
Obit Ted Sanders
The Lover
Damon Galgut
An East Egg Update
George Bradley
Into the Gorge Ron Rash
Microstories John Edgar Wideman
Making Good Lore Segal
For author interviews, photos, and more,go to www.ohenryprizestories.com
A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to support the PEN Readers & Writers Literary Outreach Program.
Edited by:
Laura Furman
Imprint: Anchor Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2010 ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 131mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 384g
ISBN: 9780307472366
ISBN 10: 0307472361
Series: The O. Henry Prize Collection
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 15 August 2010
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Introduction Laura Furman, Series Editor Annie Proulx, “Them Old Cowboy Songs,” The New Yorker Kirstin Allio, “Clothed, Female Figure,” Iowa Review Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Headstrong Historian,” The New Yorker Wendell Berry, “Stand By Me,” Atlantic Monthly Jess Row, “Sheep May Safely Graze,” Threepenny Review Preeta Samarasan, “Birch Memorial,” A Public Space Brad Watson, “Visitation,” The New Yorker William Trevor, “The Woman of the House,” The New Yorker Daniel Alarcón, “The Bridge,” Granta Daniyal Mueenuddin, “A Spoiled Man,"" The New Yorker James Lasdun, “Oh, Death,” Paris Review Natalie Bakopoulos, “Fresco, Byzantine,” Tin House Peter Cameron, “The End of My Life in New York,” Subtropics Ted Sanders, “Obit,” Indiana Review Damon Galgut, “The Lover,” Paris Review George Bradley, “An East Egg Update,” Yale Review Ron Rash, “Into the Gorge,” Southern Review John Edgar Wideman, “Microstories,” Harper’s Magazine Alice Munro, “Some Women,” The New Yorker Lore Segal, “Making Good,"" The American Scholar Reading The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 The Jurors on Their Favorites: Junot Díaz on “A Simple Man” by Daniyal Mueenuddin Paula Fox on “Oh, Death” by James Lasdun Yiyun Li on “The Woman of the House” by William Trevor Writing The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 The Writers on Their Work Recommended Stories 2010 Publications Submitted Permissions"
Laura Furman's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and other magazines. She is the founding editor of the highly regarded American Short Fiction (three-time finalist for the American Magazine Award). A professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, she teaches in the graduate James A. Michener Center for writers. She lives in Austin.
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Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction. --The Atlantic Monthly
