{"product_id":"best-debut-short-stories-2020-the-pen-america-dau-prize-paperback","title":"Best Debut Short Stories 2020: The Pen America Dau Prize - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYuka Igarashi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTracy O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by), \u003cb\u003eNafissa Thompson-Spires\u003c\/b\u003e (Selected by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential annual guide to the newest voices in short fiction, selected this year by Tracy O'Neill, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, and Deb Olin Unferth. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho are the most promising short story writers working today? Where do we look to discover the future stars of literary fiction? This book will offer a dozen compelling answers to these questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories collected here represent the most recent winners of the PEN\/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, which recognizes twelve writers who have made outstanding debuts in literary magazines in the previous year. They are chosen by a panel of distinguished judges, themselves innovators of the short story form: Tracy O'Neill, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, and Deb Olin Unferth. Each piece comes with an introduction by its original editors, whose commentaries provide valuable insight into what magazines are looking for in their submissions, and showcase the vital work they do to nurture literature's newest voices.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Hopeful\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQuotients\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been named a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and awarded the Center for Fiction's Emerging Writers Fellowship. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVQR\u003c\/i\u003e. She attended the MFA program at CCNY and the PhD program in communications at Columbia University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNafissa Thompson-Spires\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHeads of the Colored People\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN Open Book Award, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award, and an Audie Award. She is also the recipient of a 2019 Whiting Award. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily, Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches creative writing at Cornell University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeb Olin Unferth\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books, including the novel \u003ci\u003eBarn 8\u003c\/i\u003e, forthcoming in 2020 from Graywolf. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, Tin House, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, NOON\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. An associate professor at the University of Texas in Austin, she has received a Guggenheim fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award. She also teaches creative writing at a penitentiary in southern Texas.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52542805934387,"sku":"9781646220229","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/M0l1Tis2WE1MM1NJcEk1YXZVS3c1UT09.webp?v=1760914614","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/best-debut-short-stories-2020-the-pen-america-dau-prize-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}