false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544696m/24928.jpg 24928 2 This year's collection is edited by the Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist and short story writer Michael Chabon. His eclectic selections include pieces from publications as diverse as Granta, Salon.com, Harvard Review, and The New Yorker. Another exciting installment of the always enticing, best-selling anthology. 25696 5 10 2005 The Best American Short Stories 2005 (The Best American Series (TM)) total:412|5:79|4:207|3:111|2:11|1:4| 412 1582 574 36 3 1 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 17:01:54 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 00:01:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 16:04:33 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 22:19:06 -0700 2008
The Smile on Happy Chang's Face is just a great story about how you can never really know the motivations for other people's actions (and maybe not even your own). It's about other things too, but this idea is explored well, and I like the title for how it fits into...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 16:36:36 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 12:56:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:13:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:23:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 05 16:29:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 16:46:21 -0700 2009 Stone Animals by Kelly Link. Pure awesomeness. "It turns out her marriage was the same color she had just painted the foyer. Velveteen Fade." I used to think that the ending was no good, but that was j...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 15 09:41:01 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 09:42:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 11:59:58 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:03:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 07 12:34:10 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 09:46:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:36:41 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:33:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Dec 12 13:20:26 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 13:22:58 -0800 2008
"Until Gwen" and "Stone Animals" are both fine stories. ]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:24:38 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 09:01:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 06:00:42 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 06:00:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 18:04:03 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 07:16:32 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 18:04:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 29 11:42:28 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 11:46:39 -0700 2007
Anyway, I'm a Michael Chabon fan so it was cool that he edited this. And there did s...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 22:14:23 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 21 12:28:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 10 09:40:19 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 09:40:19 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 01 13:07:29 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 11:28:49 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 16:58:18 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 13:24:59 -0700 2009
The heavy hitters (Lehane, Perotta) bring their A game. Some of the stories are intriguing (Game) others are locked in the clever Grad Student trap that 80% of modern Short Fiction is trapped in. ]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 13 10:33:09 -0700 2009 Sat May 31 21:52:52 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 13 10:33:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 28 10:39:40 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 10:41:17 -0700 2007 There is an amazing variety, and my favorites are the Elmore Leonard story and the one I can't remember about the father and son con men. I'd look up the title, but it's out in the car.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24928