Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary \"antenna for what is going on in the world\" (Chicago Tribune). The collection boasts great variety from \"famous to first-timers, sifted from major magazines and little reviews, grand and little worlds\" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), ensuring yet another rewarding, eduring edition of the oldest and best-selling Best American.