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PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010

Edited by Laura Furman

Edited by Laura Furman

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Part of The O. Henry Prize Collection

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Apr 20, 2010 | ISBN 9780307472366

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About PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010

A collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 brings to life a dazzling array of subjects: a street orphan in Malaysia, a cowboy and his teenage bride, a Russian nanny in Manhattan, a nineteenth-century Nigerian widow, and political prisoners on a Greek island. Also included are essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winners on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines.
 
Them Old Cowboy Songs
Annie Proulx
 
Clothed, Female Figure
Kirstin Allio
 
The Headstrong Historian
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
 
Stand By Me
Wendell Berry
 
Sheep May Safely Graze
Jess Row
 
Birch Memorial
Preeta Samarasan
 
Visitation
Brad Watson
 
The Woman of the House
William Trevor
 
The Bridge
Daniel Alarcón
 
A Spoiled Man
Daniyal Mueenuddin
 
Oh, Death
James Lasdun
 
Fresco, Byzantine
Natalie Bakopoulos
 
The End of My Life in New York
Peter Cameron
 
Obit
Ted Sanders
 
The Lover
Damon Galgut
 
An East Egg Update
George Bradley
 
Into the Gorge
Ron Rash
 
Microstories
John Edgar Wideman
 
Some Women
Alice Munro
 
Making Good
Lore Segal
 
For author interviews, photos, and more, go to www.ohenryprizestories.com 
 
A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to support the PEN Readers & Writers Literary Outreach Program.

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About Laura Furman

Laura Furman, series editor of The O. Henry Prize Stories since 2003, is the winner of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts for her fiction. The author of several books, including the story collection The Mother Who… More about Laura Furman

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Category: Literary Fiction | Literary Criticism

Paperback | $16.00
Published by Anchor
Apr 20, 2010 | 512 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307472366
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“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.” —The Atlantic Monthly

Table Of Contents

Introduction      Laura Furman, Series Editor

Annie Proulx, “Them Old Cowboy Songs,” The New Yorker
Kirstin Allio, “Clothed, Female Figure,” Iowa Review
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Headstrong Historian,” The New Yorker
Wendell Berry, “Stand By Me,” Atlantic Monthly
Jess Row, “Sheep May Safely Graze,” Threepenny Review
Preeta Samarasan, “Birch Memorial,” A Public Space
Brad Watson, “Visitation,” The New Yorker
William Trevor, “The Woman of the House,” The New Yorker
Daniel Alarcón, “The Bridge,” Granta
Daniyal Mueenuddin, “A Spoiled Man,” The New Yorker
James Lasdun, “Oh, Death,” Paris Review
Natalie Bakopoulos, “Fresco, Byzantine,” Tin House
Peter Cameron, “The End of My Life in New York,” Subtropics
Ted Sanders, “Obit,” Indiana Review
Damon Galgut, “The Lover,” Paris Review
George Bradley, “An East Egg Update,” Yale Review
Ron Rash, “Into the Gorge,” Southern Review
John Edgar Wideman, “Microstories,” Harper’s Magazine
Alice Munro, “Some Women,” The New Yorker
Lore Segal, “Making Good,” The American Scholar
 
Reading The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010
The Jurors on Their Favorites:
Junot Díaz on “A Simple Man” by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Paula Fox on “Oh, Death” by James Lasdun
Yiyun Li on “The Woman of the House” by William Trevor
 
Writing The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010
The Writers on Their Work
 
Recommended Stories 2010

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