| The Best American Short Stories 1999 | |
| Editor: | Katrina Kenison and Amy Tan |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published: | 1999 |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 039592684X |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 1998 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 2000 |
The Best American Short Stories 1999, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Katrina Kenison and by guest editor Amy Tan.[1] [2]
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| "The Hermit's Story" | The Paris Review | |
| "The Sun, the Moon, the Stars" | The New Yorker | |
| "Mrs. Dutta Writes A Letter" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
| "Kansas" | Clackamas Literary Review | |
| "The Tumblers" | American Short Fiction | |
| Tim Gautreaux | "The Piano Tuner" | Harper's Magazine |
| "The Uncharted Heart" | Ontario Review | |
| "The 5:22" | Story | |
| "Islands" | Ploughshares | |
| "The Best Girlfriend You Never Had" | Other Voices | |
| "In the Kindergarten" | Five Points | |
| "Marry the One Who Gets There First" | Esquire | |
| "Live Life King-Sized" | Press | |
| "Africans" | Story | |
| "Interpreter of Maladies" | AGNI | |
| "Real Estate" | The New Yorker | |
| "Save the Reaper" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Bunchgrass at the Edge of the World" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Robbers of Karnataka" | The Gettysburg Review | |
| "The Good Shopkeeper" | Manoa | |
| "The Rest of Her Life" | The Missouri Review | |