false 2621157 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2621157 1 2645816 6 5 2008 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 total:103|5:17|4:34|3:40|2:11|1:1| 103 364 190 31 8992 3.71 508 126 30184030 187043 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 2 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 18:24:22 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 09:53:10 -0700 2008 The Best American Short Stories collection published by Houghton Mifflin, and the O. Henry Prize Stories, edited by Laura Furman and published by Anchor. While the "Best American" series contains many worthy stori...more...]]> 38183970 556887 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 18:42:25 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 18:46:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 22428185 128745 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 0 1 false Fri Jun 06 09:29:17 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 08:45:37 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 09:29:17 -0700 2008 44516435 901901 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 2 0 false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 27 09:23:13 -0800 2009 Mon May 04 13:44:06 -0700 2009
I love O. Henry and his writing. His poorest stories a...more...]]> 40931949 1381942 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 2 0 false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 26 08:59:50 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 30 08:32:25 -0700 2009 O. Henry more than Best American, but I'm not sure if that was the case this year -- sadly, only because Best American was unmemorable enough this year for me to be sure without looking up my review. Quelle disappointment!

There were a few stories in here ...more...]]> 55873691 1716689 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:54:05 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:57:11 -0700 2009 I want to reread
until I understand
what the author is doing
but most of these
are much more attractive
than the average short story
which I admit
I've had trouble staying interested in
I just acquired 2007
as a result
and o...more...]]> 65758279 341014 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 1 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:43:34 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:47:42 -0700 2009
Also, I think people give this more s...more...]]> 41293640 863443 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:11:33 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 10:24:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 66362081 231580 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 2 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 18:17:05 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 23:18:57 -0700 2009 39135495 177927 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 0 false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 14:07:30 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 21:55:20 -0800 2008
Ha Jin's "A Composer and His Parakeets" and Michael Faber's "Bye-bye, N...more...]]> 34026216 94053 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 3 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 06:52:35 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 21:55:02 -0700 2008 there were several stori...more...]]> 45259180 1227915 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Feb 03 10:10:06 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:11:30 -0800 2009 48432130 1220177 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 3 0 false Fri Mar 06 11:13:52 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 11:21:36 -0800 2009 28359054 802850 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 0 false Sat Aug 09 20:06:02 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 11:24:34 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 20:06:02 -0700 2008 Ha Jin's "A Composer and His Parakeets,"
Olaf Olafsson's "On the Lake,"
and Alexi Zentner's "Touch." Zentner's story is just phenomenal. I'm ...more...]]> 32661518 25483 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 0 0 false Thu Sep 11 20:15:56 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 01 14:24:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 54149570 344353 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 3 0 false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 13:09:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:35:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 32948612 255612 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 0 false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 15 14:47:10 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 24 17:33:44 -0700 2009
I think that's really all I have to say -- it's hard for me to review these anthologies, because there's not...more...]]> 35500522 957717 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 3 0 false Thu Dec 03 03:04:52 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 16 16:55:36 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 03 03:04:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 37198055 355741 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 4 0 false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 08 13:26:07 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 10 21:19:06 -0700 2009 1
Village 113 - Anthony Doerr
On the Lake - Olaf Olafsson
Prison - Yiyun Li

I didn't enjoy every story though, and I'll be honest that I didn't finish all of them. I tried five or six times to read The Bullock...more...]]> 29342622 851090 2621157 0307280349 9780307280343 31 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621157.The_O_Henry_Prize_Stories_2008 3.53 103 The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 is studded with extraordinary settings and characters: a teenager in survivalist Alaska, the seed keeper of a doomed Chinese village, a young woman trying to save her life in a Ukrainian internet café. Also included are the winning writers' comments on what inspired them, a short essay from each of the three eminent jurors, and an extensive resource list of literary magazines.]]> 2008 0 0 false Tue Aug 05 14:25:35 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 19:18:57 -0700 2008 ]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2621157