{"product_id":"pen-america-best-debut-short-stories-2017-isbn-9781936787685","title":"PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE INAUGURAL ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE'S MOST PROMISING NEW VOICES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A welcome addition to the run of established short story annuals, promising good work to come.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach 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.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A welcome addition to the run of established short story annuals, promising good work to come.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Urgent fiction, from breakout talents.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A welcome, diverse, and compelling collection.\" —\u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A great overview of some of the year’s most interesting fiction.” —\u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKELLY LINK\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the collections \u003ci\u003eStranger Things Happen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePretty Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror\u003c\/i\u003e and, for young adults, \u003ci\u003eMonstrous Affections\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the cofounder of Small Beer Press. Her short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304551960805,"sku":"NP9781936787685","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781936787685.jpg?v=1767734607","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/pen-america-best-debut-short-stories-2017-isbn-9781936787685","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}