false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255606305m/3192709.jpg 3192709 2 This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a "magnificent array" (Library<BR>Journal) of voices both new and recognized.With Rushdie at the helm, the 2008 edition "reflects the variety of substance and style and the consistent quality that readers have come to expect" (Publishers Weekly).<BR><BR>Contributors include T. C. Boyle, Allegra Goodman, Nicole Krauss, Steven Millhauser, Jonathan Lethem, Karen Russell, and others. 3225759 8 10 2008 The Best American Short Stories 2008 total:461|5:67|4:228|3:135|2:28|1:2| 461 1715 846 132 4 6 false false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 15:02:46 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 08:35:54 -0700 2009 1 To begin...more...]]> 4 6 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 17:38:53 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:33:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 25 13:03:24 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 21:10:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 08:11:43 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 10:25:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 17 06:37:56 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 11 20:26:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 20:40:57 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 20:20:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 02:33:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 02:44:04 -0700 2009 The Best American Short Stories series is always worth reading as a digest of a year's good stories. However, some volumes are not nearly as good as others due to bad picks from the guest editor or the series editor, or just a bad year for published short stories in general. I don't know which was t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 16 19:34:53 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 20:04:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 19:41:51 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 21:54:02 -0700 2009
That ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 10:55:36 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 13:41:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 06 08:18:06 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 08:18:06 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:13:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 20:34:15 -0800 2009
In any case, there were...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 17:19:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 14:26:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 12:48:24 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 07:53:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 10 17:38:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 19:50:31 -0800 2009
Here are, what I consider to be, the best of the Marginally Good American Short Stories:

Kevin Brockmeier "The Year of Silence" which originated in the lit. mag. Ecotone, whose Evolution contest resulted in the longest wait ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 16:27:54 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 16:25:07 -0700 2009
I've been ta...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 06 12:19:47 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 26 11:24:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 26 08:59:08 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 10 11:15:44 -0700 2009 Best American in a few years, because I read this in about three days flat. Yes, it was a bit heavy on the genocide, creepy and manipulative lovers, and cruelty to pets (I know, I'm going to hell for cas...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 08:51:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 22 22:29:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 23 08:51:00 -0700 2009
July 20: One of the fun things about this series is that the guest editor flavors the final selections. There is a series editor who reads thousa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 08:55:31 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 10:14:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3192709