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A review by alexsiddall
The Granta Book of the American Short Story, Volume Two by Steve Yarbrough, Nell Freudenberger, Andrea Lee, John Cheever, Nathan Englander, T.C. Boyle, Adam Haslett, Joy Williams, Z.Z. Packer, Bharati Mukherjee, Matthew Klam, Ann Beattie, Annie Proulx, Stuart Dybek, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Yates, Mary Gaitskill, Richard Ford, Barry Hannah, Julie Orringer, Tom Franklin, Lorrie Moore, John Updike, Donald Barthelme, Edward P. Jones, Eudora Welty, Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, Tobias Wolff, Robert Stone, Denis Johnson, Robert Olen Butler, Flannery O'Connor, Andre Dubus, Thom Jones, Kevin Canty, George Saunders, Louise Erdrich, Richard Bausch, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dennis McFarland, Junot Díaz, Sherman Alexie, Deborah Eisenberg, Elizabeth Spencer
4.0
Such variety, such resonance. Every story a glimpse into another world. An anthology this big is hard work because it demands so much of the reader, with so many different styles and experiences. But there are many glittering jewels of stories in this book and I strongly recommend it.