Best American series.

"Mariner books."

Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources

Introduction -- Last speaker of the language / Carol Anshaw -- Pilgrim life / Taylor Antrim -- What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank / Nathan Englander -- Other place / Mary Gaitskill -- North country / Roxane Gay -- Paramour / Jennifer Haigh -- Navigators / Mike Meginnis -- Miracle polish / Steven Millhauser -- Axis / Alice Munro -- Volcano / Lawrence Osborne -- Diem Perdidi / Julie Otsuka -- Honeydew / Edith Pearlman -- Occupational hazard / Angela Pneuman -- Beautiful monsters / Eric Puchner -- Tenth of December / George Saunders -- Sex lives of African girls / Taiye Selasi -- Alive / Sharon Solwitz -- M & M world / Kate Walbert -- Anything helps / Jess Walter -- What's important is feeling / Adam Wilson -- Contributor's notes -- Other distinguished stories of 2011 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories