Best New American Voices 2010Bestselling novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro brings her expertise to this year's volume of Best New American Voices. Now in its eleventh year, this series gathers the best fiction from hundreds of nominations submitted by writing programs such as the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Johns Hopkins, and from summer conferences such as Sewanee and Bread Loaf. Joshua Ferris, Julie Orringer, Adam Johnson, William Gay, Lauren Groff, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Maile Meloy, Amanda Davis, and Nam Le are just some of the acclaimed authors whose early work has appeared in this series since its launch in 2000. Discover for yourself the dazzling variety of great fiction being produced in the top writers' workships--with a complete list of contact information included--and find the best new American voices here first. |
Contents
BETHLEHEM IS FULL by Boomer Pinches I | 19 |
CAPE TOWN by Claire OConnor | 44 |
HORUSVILLE by Christian Moody | 72 |
UP HIGH IN THE AIR by Laura van den Berg | 93 |
THE CHANGING STATION by Edward Porter | 114 |
THE CRITIC by Emily Freeman | 136 |
SAVE THE IHOTEL by Lysley Tenorio | 155 |
PLATO by Timothy Scott | 182 |
HALF SISTER by Greg Changnon | 202 |
SOME THINGS IVE BEEN MEANING TO ASK | 218 |
FLIGHT by David Lombardi | 236 |