{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-2018-9780544582941","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2018","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBest-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year's\u003cem\u003e Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,\" writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2018\u003c\/em\u003e, \"but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.\" The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a Twitter addict, and an Appalachian preacher--all characters and circumstances that show us what we \"need to know about the lives of others.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROXANE GAY, guest editor, is the author of the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDifficult Women, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHunger, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eas well as the books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAyiti\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e HEIDI PITLOR, series editor, is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Birthdays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Daylight Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556265169170,"sku":"9780544582941","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74d039e3-33d5-4eaf-8478-72e6e7443cad.jpg?v=1731750907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-2018-9780544582941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}