{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-2024-9780063275959","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of \u003cem\u003eMatrix\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Vaster Wilds\u003c\/em\u003e, and series editor Heidi Pitlor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There have never been as many exquisitely built stories in existence than there are now,\" proclaims guest editor Lauren Groff in her introduction. This abundance led to a volume of robust stories with the nerve to push against narrative expectations. \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2024\u003c\/em\u003e boasts a collection of twenty stories that \"buzz with their own strange logic.\" A man becomes a tourist in his own hometown. An unemployed jeweler sails in an antique slave ship. A therapist decides to call an ex-patient years after their last session. Daring and resonant, the stories in this volume invite in Groff \"a feeling that both the author and I were simultaneously discovering something together.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2024\u003c\/em\u003e includes JAMEL BRINKLEY - ALEXANDRA CHANG - LAURIE COLWIN - MOLLY DEKTAR - TAISIA KITAISKAIA - DANIEL MASON - JIM SHEPARD - AZAREEN VAN DER VLIET OLOOMI - PAUL YOON - and others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePitlor, Heidi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHeidi Pitlor is a former senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and has been the series editor for \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e since 2007. She is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Birthdays, The Daylight Marriage, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Impersonation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroff, Lauren:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of five novels: the instant \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller\u003cem\u003e The Vaster Wilds\u003c\/em\u003e, and two National Book Award Finalists, \u003cem\u003eMatrix\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/em\u003e; as well as\u003cem\u003e Aradia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/em\u003e. Her story collections include\u003cem\u003e Florida\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of The Story Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award, and \u003cem\u003eDelicate Edible Birds\u003c\/em\u003e. She has twice been a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, as well as for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the LA Times Book Prize, and the Orange Prize for New Writers. She was a Guggenheim Fellow, a Radcliffe Fellow, a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, and was named one of Granta's 2017 Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, with her husband and sons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875130446098,"sku":"9780063275959","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_702c0842-d04e-4d21-85a4-c52d673c128d.jpg?v=1765972313","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-2024-9780063275959","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}