PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017

Yuka Igarashi, Marie-Helene Bertino, Kelly Link

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Catapult
22 August 2017

Anthologies (non-poetry); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

THE INAUGURAL ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE'S MOST PROMISING NEW VOICES

""A welcome addition to the run of established short story annuals, promising good work to come."" -Kirkus Reviews

Many writers who are household names today got their start when

an editor encountered their work for the first time and took a chance. This book celebrates twelve such moments of discovery. The first volume of an annual anthology, launched alongside PEN's new Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, it recognizes writers who have had outstanding fiction debuts in a print or online literary magazine.

The winning stories collected here-selected this year by judges Marie-Helene Bertino, Kelly Link, and Nina McConigley-take place in South Carolina and in South Korea, on a farm in the

eighteenth century and among the cubicles of a computer- engineering firm in the present day. They narrate age-old themes with current urgency- migration, memory, technology, language, love, ecology, identity, family.

Each work comes with an introduction by the editor who originally published it, explaining why he or she chose it. The commentaries provide insight into a process that often remains opaque to readers and students of writing, and showcase the vital work literary magazines do to nurture contemporary

literature's new voices.

By: Yuka Igarashi, Marie-Helene Bertino, Kelly Link
Imprint: Catapult
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm,
ISBN: 9781936787685
ISBN 10: 1936787687
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 22 August 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

KELLY LINK is the author of the collections Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, Pretty Monsters, and Get in Trouble, which was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She and her husband, Gavin J. Grant, have coedited a number of anthologies, including multiple volumes of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and, for young adults, Monstrous Affections. She is the cofounder of Small Beer Press. Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Best American Short Stories, and O. Henry Prize Stories. She has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Reviews for PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017

Praise for PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017 A welcome addition to the run of established short story annuals, promising good work to come. --Kirkus Reviews