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A boy coming of age in a part of the country that's being left behind is at the heart of this dazzling novel—the first by an award-winning author of short stories that evoke the American West. " August reads like early Hemingway, retooled for the...

"A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. In each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences"-- Provided by...

"Short stories can act like little tuning forks, helping us to clarify our own values," writes guest editor Celeste Ng. "In a time when our values are being tested daily, it's hard to think of anything more important." The Best American Short...

A bank robber tries to leave behind his life of crime after serving his time. But getting out isn't so easy. Myles's courtroom testimony should have put Pryor, their one-eyed ringleader, behind bars after the bank robbery gone wrong, yet somehow...

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, so different from...