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