Published Aug. 24, 2009 by Mariner Books.
The Best American Short Stories 2009
by Namwali Serpell,
Rebecca Makkai,
Annie Proulx,
Yiyun Li,
Alice Sebold,
Richard Powers,
Ron Rash,
Adam Johnson,
Karl Taro Greenfeld,
Heidi Pitlor,
Greg Hrbek,
Daniel Alarcon,
Alice Fulton,
Eleanor Henderson,
Ethan Rutherford,
Jill McCorkle,
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum,
Joseph Epstein,
Steve De Jarnatt,
Victoria Lancelotta,
Kevin Moffett,
Alex Rose