The Best American Short Stories 2009

Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provocative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" (Chicago Tribune). The collection boasts great variety from "famous to first-timers, sifted from major magazines and little reviews, grand and little worlds" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), ensuring yet another rewarding, enduring edition of the oldest and best-selling Best American.