{"product_id":"pen-america-best-debut-short-kelly-link-9781936787685","title":"PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2017","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE INAUGURAL ANTHOLOGY OF LITERATURE'S MOST PROMISING NEW VOICES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A welcome addition to the run of established short story annuals, promising good work to come.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany writers who are household names today got their start when an editor encountered their work for the first time and took a chance. This book celebrates twelve such moments of discovery. The first volume of an annual anthology, launched alongside PEN's new Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, it recognizes writers who have had outstanding fiction debuts in a print or online literary magazine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe winning stories collected here--selected this year by judges Marie-Helene Bertino, Kelly Link, and Nina McConigley--take place in South Carolina and in South Korea, on a farm in the eighteenth century and among the cubicles of a computer- engineering firm in the present day. They narrate age-old themes with current urgency: migration, memory, technology, language, love, ecology, identity, family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach work comes with an introduction by the editor who originally published it, explaining why he or she chose it. The commentaries provide insight into a process that often remains opaque to readers and students of writing, and showcase the vital work literary magazines do to nurture contemporary literature's new voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yuka Igarashi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936787687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936787685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2017","brand":"Yuka Igarashi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937615479039,"sku":"9781936787685","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_26539b6b-e05a-4aad-95c7-5eea5532f8ee.jpg?v=1681431078","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pen-america-best-debut-short-kelly-link-9781936787685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}