Day: November 30, 2005

Best American Short Stories of 2005

Yeah. I’ll admit it. I read Houghton-Mifflin’s Best American Short Stories every year.

This series began in 1915. I’ve been reading it faithfully since, I think, 1984. I still remember the total shock I felt when I first wandered into, and got ambushed by, a Raymond Carver story. That was … Read the rest

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