The Best American Short Stories 2012
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| Editor | Tom Perotta and Heidi Pitlor |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780547242101 (paperback) |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 2011 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 2013 |
The Best American Short Stories 2012, a volume in the Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Tom Perotta.[1]
Short Stories included
| Author | Story | Where story previously appeared |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Anshaw | "The Last Speaker of the Language" | New Ohio Review |
| Taylor Antrim | "Pilgrim Life" | American Short Fiction |
| Nathan Englander | "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank" | The New Yorker |
| Mary Gaitskill | "The Other Place" | The New Yorker |
| Roxane Gay | "North Country" | Hobart |
| Jennifer Haigh | "Paramour" | Ploughshares |
| Mike Meginnis | "Navigators" | Hobart |
| Steven Millhauser | "Miracle Polish" | The New Yorker |
| Alice Munro | "Axis" | The New Yorker |
| Lawrence Osborne | "Volcano" | Tin House |
| Julie Otsuka | "Diem Perdidi" | Granta |
| Edith Pearlman | "Honeydew" | Orion |
| Angela Pneuman | "Occupational Hazard" | Ploughshares |
| Eric Puchner | "Beautiful Monsters" | Tin House |
| George Saunders | "Tenth of December" | The New Yorker |
| Taiye Selasi | "The Sex Lives of African Girls" | Granta |
| Sharon Solwitz | "Alive" | Fifth Wednesday Journal |
| Kate Walbert | "M&M World" | The New Yorker |
| Jess Walter | "Anything Helps" | Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern |
| Adam Wilson | "What's Important is Feeling" | The Paris Review |
References
- ^ Pitlor, Heidi and Perotta, Tom (editors), The Best American Short Stories 2012 Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2012.
