The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003

Jacket Description/Flap: Since its establishment in 1919, the O. Henry Prize stories collection has offered an exciting selection of the best stories published in hundreds of literary magazines every year. Such classic works of American literature as Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers (1927); William Faulkner's "Barn Burning (1939); Carson McCuller's "A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud (1943); Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery (1949); J. D. Salinger's "For Esme with Love and Squalor (1963); John Cheever's "The Country Husband (1956); and Flannery O'Conner's "Everything that Rises Must Converge (1963) all were O. Henry Prize stories. An accomplished new series editor--novelist and short story writer Laura Furman--has read more than a thousand stories to identify the 20 winners, each one a pleasure to read today, each one a potential classic. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 also contains brief essays from each of the three distinguished judges on their favorite story, and comments from the prize-winning writers on what inspired their stories. There is nothing like the ever rich, surprising, and original O. Henry collection for enjoying the contemporary short story. "The Thing in the Forest A. S. Byatt "The Shell Collector Anthony Doerr "Burn Your Maps Robyn Jay Leff "Lush Bradford Morrow "God's Goodness Marjorie Kemper "Bleed Blue in Indonesia Adam Desnoyers "The Story Edith Pearlman "Swept Away T. Coraghessan Boyle "Meanwhile Ann Harleman "Three Days. A Month. More. Douglas Light "The High Road Joan Silber "Election Eve Evan S. Connell "Irish Girl Tim Johnston "What Went Wrong Tim O'Brien "The American Embassy Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "Kissing William Kittredge"Sacred Statues William Trevor "Two Words Molly Giles "Fathers Alice Munro "Train Dreams Denis JohnsonReview Quotes: "You won't go away hungry . . . you'll make new friends. In the 2003 'O. Henry' . . . new series editor, Laura Furman, picked all sorts of treats." --"The Seattle Times""Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." --"The Atlantic Monthly"Biographical Note: Laura Furman's work has appeared in "The New Yorker," "Vanity Fair," "Ploughshares," "The Yale Review," and other magazines. She is the founding editor of the highly regarded "American Short Fiction" (three-time finalist for the American Magazine Award). A professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, she teaches in the graduate James A. Michener Center for writers. She lives in Austin. Publisher Marketing: A new edition of the annual collection of short stories judged to be the best in America and Canada for 2002, selected by a jury including acclaimed authors David Guterson, Diane Johnson, and Jennifer Egan, presents an outstanding selection of short fiction. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2003 pg. 977 (EAN 9781400031313, Paperback)

Booklist 09/01/2003 pg. 59 (EAN 9781400031313, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 10/13/2003 pg. 58 (EAN 9781400031313, Paperback)

Kliatt 01/01/2004 pg. 26 (EAN 9781400031313, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2008 pg. 260 (EAN 9780307280343, Paperback)

Vanity Fair 05/01/2008 pg. 100 (EAN 9780307280343, Paperback)

Library Journal 05/28/2007 (EAN 9780307276889, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 03/27/2006 pg. 57 (EAN 9781400095391, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2006 pg. 312 (EAN 9781400095391, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Booklist 05/15/2006 pg. 25 (EAN 9781400095391, Paperback)

New York Times 05/21/2006 pg. 28 (EAN 9781400095391, Paperback)

Kliatt 07/01/2006 pg. 30 (EAN 9781400095391, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2004 pg. 976 (EAN 9781400076543, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Booklist 11/15/2004 pg. 562 (EAN 9781400076543, Paperback)

Ingram Advance 02/01/2005 pg. 53 (EAN 9781400076543, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 01/10/2005 pg. 39 (EAN 9781400076543, Paperback)

Entertainment Weekly 09/05/2014 pg. 69 (EAN 9780345807311, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014 (EAN 9780345807311, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Furman, Laura Laura Furman was born in New York, and educated in New York City public schools and at Bennington College. Her first story appeared in "The New Yorker" in 1976, and since then her work has been published in many magazines, including "Yale Review, ""Southwest Review, Ploughshares, American Scholar, ""Preservation, House & Garden, " and other magazines. Her books include three collections of short stories", "two novels, ""and a memoir. She is the recipient of fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Dobie Paisano Project, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has received grants in residency at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and in 2009 she was a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. She taught for many years in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin. Series editor of "The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories "since 2002, Furman selects the twenty winning stories each year. She lives in Central Texas.""