{"product_id":"9780544582903","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2017","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,” writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2017\u003c\/i\u003e casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you’ll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on a submarine, a contestant on \u003ci\u003eAmerica’s Funniest Home Videos, \u003c\/i\u003eand a gay man desperate to be a father—unforgettable characters waiting for an outcome, burning with stories to tell.\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2017 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eincludes\u003c\/i\u003e  T. C. BOYLE • JAI CHAKRABARTI • EMMA CLINE • DANIELLE EVANS • LAUREN GROFF • ERIC PUCHNER • JIM SHEPARD • CURTIS SITTENFELD • JESS WALTER\u003ci\u003eand others \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026282987760,"sku":"9780544582903","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544582903_p0.jpg?v=1763711799","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544582903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}