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Best
New American Voices received acclaim for the range and
originality of its selections, which represented the best
writing from new American writers who are generally unknown
but promise to become the literary stars of tomorrow. For
the 2001 edition, Charles Baxter, together with series editors
John Kulka and Natalie Danford, judged short stories from
more than one hundred writing programs around the country
to find the very best, most interesting, and most accomplished
pieces by outstanding writing students. The result is presented
here in a collection of seventeen tales that will be sure
to attract attention and critical acclaim. Ranging from stories
of passion, loneliness, and humor to masterful accounts of
discovery and family politics, and set in locales from Burma
and Japan to the Middle West and New England, these tales
are eclectic, vivid, and cutting-edge, and showcase the best
writing talent of tomorrow.
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