The Best American Short Stories 2022

The Best American Short Stories 2022 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by series editor Heidi Pitlor and guest editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer.[1][2] The collection of 20 short stories selected from leading magazines in the U.S. was published in November 2022 with a print run of 75,000.[3] It was also issued as an audiobook spoken by five voice actors.[4][5]

The Best American Short Stories 2022
EditorAndrew Sean Greer and Heidi Pitlor
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Best American Short Stories
Published2022
PublisherMariner Books
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
ISBN9780358724407 (hardback)
Preceded byThe Best American Short Stories 2021 
Followed byThe Best American Short Stories 2023 

Short stories included

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Author Title First published
Leslie Blanco "A Ravishing Sun" New Letters (Vol.87, No. 1-2)
Yohanca Delgado "The Little Widow from the Capital" The Paris Review (No. 236)
Kim Coleman Foote "Man of the House" Ecotone (Vol.16, no. 2)
Lauren Groff "The Wind" The New Yorker (January 25, 2021)
Greg Jackson "The Hollow" The New Yorker (November 22, 2021)
Gish Jen "Detective Dog" The New Yorker (November 15, 2021)
Claire Luchette "Sugar Island" Ploughshares (Spring 2021)
Elizabeth McCracken "The Souvenir Museum" Harper's Magazine (January 2021)
Alice McDermott "Post" One Story (Issue 280, August 26, 2021)
Kevin Moffett "Bears Among the Living" McSweeney's (Issue 63)
Gina Ochsner "Soon the Light" Ploughshares (Winter 2020–21)
Okwiri Oduor "Mbiu Dash" Granta (Issue 156, July 29, 2021)
Alix Ohlin "The Meeting" Virginia Quarterly Review (Spring 2021)
Kenan Orhan "The Beyoğlu Municipality Waste Management Orchestra" The Paris Review (Issue 237, Summer 2021)
Karen Russell "The Ghost Birds" The New Yorker (October 4, 2021)
Sanjena Sathian "Mr. Ashok's Monument" Conjunctions (Issue 76, Spring 2021)
Erin Somers "Ten Year Affair" Joyland (February 1, 2021)
Héctor Tobar "The Sin of Others" Zyzzyva (Issue 120)
Louise Wagner "Elephant Seals" AGNI (Issue 93, April 15, 2021)
Bryan Washington "Foster" The New Yorker (June 7, 2021)

References

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  1. ^ Pitlor, Heidi; Greer, Andrew Sean, eds. (2022). The Best American Short Stories 2022. New York: Mariner Books.
  2. ^ "The Best American Short Stories 2022". World Socialist Web Site. 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  3. ^ "The On-Sale Calendar: November 2022". Publishers Weekly. June 10, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "The Best American Short Stories 2022". everand.com. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  5. ^ "These Story Collections Make Great Audiobooks". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2024-09-04.