“The 90th anniversary edition of this prestigious collection is a must-read for both aspiring writers and devoted short story readers…. This year’s prize winners reflect the increasingly robust, diverse, and international flavor or the genre in general.” —Booklist
“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.”
—The Atlantic Monthly
“The annual O. Henry Prize Stories provide a barometer of contemporary emotional and political concerns…. Stories that refract our present world.”
—Los Angeles Times
Introduction • Laura Furman, Series Editor
•Graham Joyce,“An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen”
•Kristen Sundberg Lunstrum, “The Nursery”
•E. V. Slate, “Purple Bamboo Park”
•John Burnside, “The Bell Ringer”
•Mohan Sikka, “Uncle Musto Takes a Mistress”
•L. E. Miller, “Kind”
•Alistair Morgan, “Icebergs”
•Roger Nash, “The Camera and the Cobra”
•Manuel Muñoz, “Tell Him about Brother John”
•Caitlin Horrocks,“This Is Not Your City”
•Ha Jin,“The House behind a Weeping Cherry”
•Paul Theroux, “Twenty-two Stories”
•Judy Troy,“The Order of Things”
•Nadine Gordimer, “A Beneficiary”
•Viet Dinh, “Substitutes”
•Karen Brown, “Isabel’s Daughter”
•Marisa Silver,“The Visitor”
•Paul Yoon, “And We Will Be Here”
•Andrew Sean Greer, “Darkness”
•Junot Díaz, “Wildwood”
Reading The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009
The Jurors on Their Favorites
A. S. Byatt on “An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen” by Graham Joyce
Anthony Doerr on “Wildwood” by Junot Díaz
Tim O’Brien on “An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen” by Graham Joyce
Writing The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009
The Writers on Their Work
Recommended Stories 2009
Publications Submitted
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