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The Best American Short Stories 2020

By Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi PitlorNarrated by Curtis Sittenfeld, Soneela Nankani, Peter Ganim, Robert Petkoff, Kevin T. Collins, Brittany Pressley, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Gabra Zackman, Emily Woo Zeller, Tracey Leigh, Priya Ayyar, Rebecca Lowman, Ilyana Kadushin, Suzanne Toren, Cindy Kay, Ramon De Ocampo, Michael Crouch, Robert Fass, Gary Bennett

Length16h 19m

About this audiobook

“To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time,” recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. “They were windows into emotions I had and hadn’t had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships.” Decades later, Sittenfeld was met by the same feeling selecting the stories for this year’s edition. The result is a striking and nuanced collection, bringing to life awkward college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To read these stories is to experience the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to realize that story writing in America continues to flourish. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2020 INCLUDES T. C. BOYLE • EMMA CLINE • MARY GAITSKILL ANDREA LEE • ELIZABETH McCRACKEN • ALEJANDRO PUYANA WILLIAM PEI SHIH • KEVIN WILSON and others

Audiobook details

GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction

Length16 hrs 19 mins

Narrated byCurtis Sittenfeld, Soneela Nankani, Peter Ganim, Robert Petkoff, Kevin T. Collins, Brittany Pressley, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Gabra Zackman, Emily Woo Zeller, Tracey Leigh, Priya Ayyar, Rebecca Lowman, Ilyana Kadushin, Suzanne Toren, Cindy Kay, Ramon De Ocampo, Michael Crouch, Robert Fass, Gary Bennett

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateNov 3, 2020

LanguageEnglish

1Chapter 1

14Chapter 14

2Chapter 2

15Chapter 15

3Chapter 3

16Chapter 16

4Chapter 4

17Chapter 17

5Chapter 5

18Chapter 18

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6Chapter 6

19Chapter 19

7Chapter 7

20Chapter 20

8Chapter 8

21Chapter 21

9Chapter 9

22Chapter 22

10Chapter 10

23Chapter 23

11Chapter 11

24Chapter 24

12Chapter 12

25Chapter 25

13Chapter 13

About the author

Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor

CURTIS SITTENFELD is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Prep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, Sisterland, Eligible, and the forthcoming Rodham, which have been translated into thirty languages. She is also the author of the short story collection You Think It, I'll Say It and her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, the Washington Post Magazine, Esquire, and The Best American Short Stories. Her nonfiction has been published inthe New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, and Glamour, and broadcast on public radio’s This American Life. A native of Cincinnati, she currently lives with her family in Minneapolis.View all by Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor