Overview
"A welcome addition to the run of established short story annuals, promising good work to come." āKirkus 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 hereāselected this year by judges MarieāHelene Bertino, Kelly Link, and Nina McConigleyātake place in South Carolina and in South Korea, on a farm in the eighteenth century and among the cubicles of a computerā engineering firm in the present day. They narrate ageāold 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.
This book title, PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017, ISBN: 9781936787685, by Yuka Igarashi, Marie-Helene Bertino, Kelly Link, Nina McConigley, published by Catapult (August 22, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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