Best New American Voices 2001

by Baxter, Charles; Baxter, Charles; Kulka, John; Danford, Natalie

• ISBN13: 9780156010658
• ISBN10: 0156010658
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

A marvelous collection of fiction by America's best new writers. Upon its launch in 2000,Best New American Voicesreceived acclaim for the range and originality of its selections, which represented the best writing from new American writers who are generally unknown but promise to become the literary stars of tomorrow. For the 2001 edition, National Book Award finalist Charles Baxter, together with series editors John Kulka and Natalie Danford, judged short stories from more than one hundred writing programs around the country to find the very best, most interesting, and most accomplished pieces by outstanding writing students. The result is presented here in a collection of seventeen tales that will be sure to attract attention and critical acclaim. Ranging from stories of passion, loneliness, and humor to masterful accounts of discovery and family politics, and set in locales from Burma and Japan to the Middle West and New England, these tales are eclectic, vivid, and cutting-edge, and showcase the best writing talent of tomorrow.

Author Biography

Charles Baxter is the author of seven books including the 2000 National Book Award finalist The Feast of Love. He teaches at the University of Michigan.

John Kulka, an editor and former bookseller, lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Natalie Danford is a book critic whose work has appeared in the Boston Globe and the Washington Post, among other publications. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	ix
Charles Baxter
Pilgrims	1	(21)
Julie Orringer
Darkening of the World	22	(14)
Timothy A. Westmoreland
Superassassin	36	(24)
Lysley A. Tenorio
Villa of the Veiled Lady	60	(18)
Christina Milletti
Intervention	78	(19)
Erin Flanagan
Our Lady of the Height	97	(19)
Ha-yun Jung
Oh, Albany, My Love	116	(14)
Jeb Livingood
Beheadings	130	(31)
Kira Salak
Louisiana Loses its Cricket Hum	161	(7)
Amanda Davis
Of Cabbages	168	(15)
Zoey Byrd
The Sharp Light of Trespassers	183	(10)
Whitney Davis
Bats	193	(13)
Lidija S. Canovic
Loss	206	(12)
Roompa Bhattacharyya
Before Las Blancas	218	(26)
Patrick Ryan
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses	244	(25)
Antoine Wilson
We Are Cartographers	269	(6)
Susanna Daniel
The Mean	275	(22)
Matthew Pitt
Contributors	297	(3)
Participants	300