{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-2018-isbn-9780544582941","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2018","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBest-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s\u003cem\u003e Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2018\u003c\/em\u003e, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a Twitter addict, and an Appalachian preacher—all characters and circumstances that show us what we “need to know about the lives of others.”","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890060685541,"sku":"NP9780544582941","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544582941.jpg?v=1730232468","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-2018-isbn-9780544582941","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}