The Best American Short Stories 2021 ed. Jesmyn Ward & Heidi Pitlor (Mariner Books, 2021, 978-1-328-48538-0, hc, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.
- ix · Foreword · Heidi Pitlor · fw
- xiii · Introduction · Jesmyn Ward · in
- 1 · To Buffalo Eastward · Gabriel Bump · ss McSweeney’s #59, 2020
- 15 · The Miracle Girl · Rita Chang-Eppig · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review Winter 2020
- 28 · Our Children · Vanessa Cuti · ss West Branch #94, 2020
- 39 · The Rest of Us · Jenzo DuQue · ss One Story #268, August 18 2020
- 53 · Escape from the Dysphesiac People · Brandon Hobson · ss McSweeney’s #61, 2020
- 64 · Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain · Jamil Jan Kochai · ss The New Yorker January 6 2020
- 72 · Switzerland · Nicole Krauss · ss The New Yorker September 21 2020
- 86 · Clementine, Carmelita, Dog · David Means · ss Granta #152, Summer 2020
- 101 · Paradise · Yxta Maya Murray · ss The Southern Review Summer 2020
- 116 · Good Boy · Eloghosa Osunde · ss The Paris Review #234, Fall 2020
- 128 · Portrait of Two Young Ladies in White and Green Robes (Unidentified Artist, Circa Sixteenth Century) · Jane Pek · ss Conjunctions #75, Fall 2020
- 140 · The Last Days of Rodney · Tracey Rose Peyton · ss American Short Fiction #71, 2020
- 154 · In This Sort of World, the Asshole Wins · Christa Romanosky · ss The Cincinnati Review v17 #2, 2020
- 168 · Love Letter · George Saunders · ss The New Yorker April 6 2020
- 175 · A Way with Bea · Shanteka Sigers · ss The Paris Review #234, Fall 2020
- 183 · Haguillory · Stephanie Soileau · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Summer 2020
- 195 · You Are My Dear Friend · Madhuri Vijay · ss The New Yorker August 17 2020
- 215 · Palaver · Bryan Washington · ss McSweeney’s #62, 2020
- 227 · Biology · Kevin Wilson · ss The Southern Review Winter 2020
- 240 · Little Beast · C. Pam Zhang · ss Bomb #153, 2020
- 255 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg
- 269 · 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2020 · [uncredited] · bi
- 273 · Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories · [uncredited] · ms
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