The Finest American Quick Tales 2020 (The Finest American Sequence ®)

“To learn their tales felt to me the way in which I think different individuals really feel listening to jazz for the primary time,” recollects Curtis Sittenfeld of her preliminary encounter with the Finest American Quick Tales collection. “They have been home windows into feelings I had and hadn’t had, into different settings and circumstances and observations and relationships.” A long time later, Sittenfeld was met by the identical feeling choosing the tales for this yr’s version. The result’s a placing and nuanced assortment, bringing to life awkward school college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To learn these tales is to expertise the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to comprehend that story writing in America continues to flourish. 

THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2020 INCLUDES T. C. BOYLE • EMMA CLINE • MARY GAITSKILL 

ANDREA LEE • ELIZABETH McCRACKEN • ALEJANDRO PUYANA WILLIAM PEI SHIH • KEVIN WILSON and others