| The Best American Short Stories 2002 | |
| Editor: | Katrina Kenison and Sue Miller |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0395926866 |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 2001 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 2003 |
The Best American Short Stories 2002, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Katrina Kenison and by guest editor Sue Miller.[1] [2] [3]
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| "Along the Frontage Road" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Sugar-Tit" | Agni | |
| "The Red Ant House" | McSweeney's | |
| Edwidge Danticat | "Seven" | The New Yorker |
| E. L. Doctorow | "A House on the Plains" | The New Yorker |
| Richard Ford | "Puppy" | The Southwest Review |
| "The Heifer" | Descant | |
| "Zilkowski's Theorem" | Zoetrope | |
| "Nobody's Business" | The New Yorker | |
| "Digging" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
| "In Case We're Separated" | Ploughshares | |
| "Billy Goats" | Bomb | |
| "Watermelon Days" | Zoetrope | |
| "Nachman from Los Angeles" | The New Yorker | |
| "Bulldog" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Rug" | The New Yorker | |
| "Family Furnishings" | The New Yorker | |
| "Surrounded by Sleep" | The New Yorker | |
| "Love and Hydrogen" | Harper's Magazine | |
| "Aftermath" | Manoa | |
Among the other notable writers whose stories were in the "100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2001" were Ann Beattie, Dan Chaon, Stuart Dybek, Louise Erdrich, Joyce Carol Oates, Bob Shacochis, John Updike and the late Richard Yates.