The Best American Short Stories 2001

This year’s Best American Short Stories is edited by the critically acclaimed and best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver, whose latest book is Prodigal Summer. Kingsolver’s selections for The Best American Short Stories 2001 showcase a wide variety of new voices and masters, such as Alice Munro, Rick Moody, Dorothy West, and John Updike. “Reading these stories was both a distraction from and an anchor to the complexities of my life — my pleasure, my companionship, my salvation. I hope they will be yours.” — Barbara Kingsolver

Contents:
Barbara Kingslover: Introduction
Rick Bass: Fireman
Claire Davis: Labors of the Heart
Elizabeth Graver: The Mourning Door
Ha Jin: After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town
Rick Moody: Boys
Alice Munro: Post and Beam
Peter Orner: The Raft
Katherine Shonk: My Mothers Garden
Dorothy West: My Baby