Category Archives: Best American Short Stories 2010

Jennifer Egan’s “Safari”

Posted on March 28, 2011 by alex

by Jennifer Egan, The Best American Short Stories, 2010, p 63 A safari is interrupted in this well-told tale of family and fear. Rolph and Charlie are joining their father, his girlfriend, and several of his associates on a safari … Continue reading →

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Marlin Barton’s “Into Silence”

Posted on March 21, 2011 by alex

by Marlin Barton in Best American Short Stories 2010 (Originally published in The Sewanee Review) Barton captures Depression-era setting and overwhelming conflict that is as grand as it is subtle, but the execution is swallowed by soft prose and a … Continue reading →

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Steve Almond’s “Donkey Greedy, Donkey Gets Punched”

Posted on March 3, 2011 by alex

by Steve Almond, The Best American Short Stories, 2010, p. 1 Dr. Raymond Oss has the difficult situation of being a psychoanalyst with a gambling problem. The severity of his problem is minor, though–he keeps it to the $3/6 table … Continue reading →

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