Best New American Voices 2008

by Bausch, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780156031493
• ISBN10: 0156031493
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-08
• Publisher: Mariner Books

Summary

Critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer Richard Bausch continues the tradition of identifying the best young writers on the cusp of their careers in this year's volume ofBest New American Voices.Here are stories culled from hundreds of writing programs such as the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Johns Hopkins and from summer conferences such as Sewanee and Bread Loafas well as a complete list of contact information for these programs. This collection showcases tomorrow's literary stars: Julie Orringer, Adam Johnson, William Gay, David Benioff, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Maile Meloy, Amanda Davis, Jennifer Vanderbes, and John Murray are just some of the acclaimed authors whose early work has appeared in this series since its launch in 2000. The best new American voices are heard here first.

Author Biography

Richard Bausch is the author of many critically acclaimed novels and collections of short stories, including, most recently, Thanksgiving Night. In 2004 he won the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.

John Kulka is a senior editor at Yale University Press.

Natalie Danford is a novelist and book critic.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introductionby Richard Bausch	p. xiii
Aliceby Tucker Capps	p. 1
Inheritanceby Jedediah Berry	p. 42
Uncleby Suzanne Rivecca	p. 58
The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefellerby Christopher Stokes	p. 78
Quiet Menby Leslie Jamison	p. 97
Early Humansby Garth Risk Hallberg	p. 131
Horizonby Peter Mountford	p. 160
Surfacingby Lauren Groff	p. 176
Headlockby Dan Pinkerton	p. 204
Mouseby Jordan McMullin	p. 225
Almsby Razia Sultana Khan	p. 243
Men More Than Mortalby Elizabeth Kadetsky	p. 257
Men and Boysby Oriane Gabrielle Delfosse	p. 277
The Wizard of Khao-I-Dangby Sharon May	p. 301
Venn Diagramby David James Poissant	p. 321
The Neon Desertby Adam Stumacher	p. 338
No One Here Says What They Meanby Stefan McKinstray	p. 363
Contributors	p. 393
Participants	p. 397
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