Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction.
€œIf you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn't go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,€� writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you'll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on America's Funniest Home Videos, and a gay man desperate to be a father unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell.
The Best American Short Stories 2017 includes TC BOYLE €¢ JAI CHAKRABARTI €¢ EMMA CLINE €¢ DANIELLE EVANS €¢ LAUREN GROFF €¢ ERIC PUCHNER €¢ JIM SHEPARD €¢ CURTIS SITTENFELD €¢ JESS WALTER and other