Books in the American Readers Series series

A reissue of acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee's heart-wrenching memoir, with a new foreword by the author and never-before-seen photos.

New Wave Fabulist stories combine artifice, desire, and the uncanny as a way to challenge our notions of modern life.

Evocative, playful, masterful brief fictions that explode with imagery detailing love, denial, and the squandered opportunities waiting around every corner.

A debut story collection that twists the cliches of mainstream mystery writing, bringing new surprises and intelligence.

Debut collection by winner of the first annual BOA Short Fiction Prize. Quirky, funny stories by a singular new voice.

Chilling, funny, devastating: Upton's characters backtrack into the past, then make their way forward with humiliation as their guide.

Award-winning stories cast an absurd, fantastical view of the quotidian world, with characters that twist the very fabric of reality.

This long-awaited third collection of stories by a master short story writer is sensual and cerebral.