| The Best American Short Stories 2021 | |
| Editor: | Jesmyn Ward and Heidi Pitlor |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published: | 2021 |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 9781328485380 |
| Isbn Note: | (hardback) |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 2020 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 2022 |
The Best American Short Stories 2021 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor and two-time National Book Award winner, Jesmyn Ward.[1]
| Author | Title | First published | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Bump | "To Buffalo Eastward" | McSweeney's (No. 59) | |
| "The Miracle Girl" | Virginia Quarterly Review (Vol.96, No.4) | ||
| "Our Children" | West Branch (No. 94) | ||
| "The Rest of Us" | One Story (No.268) | ||
| "Escape from the Dysphesiac People" | McSweeney's (No. 61) | ||
| "Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" | The New Yorker (January 6, 2020) | ||
| "Switzerland" | The New Yorker (September 14, 2020) | ||
| "Clementine, Carmelita, Dog" | Granta (No. 152) | ||
| "Paradise" | The Southern Review (Vol. 56, No. 3) | ||
| "Good Boy" | The Paris Review (No. 234) | ||
| "Portrait of Two Young Ladies in White and Green Robes (Unidentified Artist, circa Sexteenth Century)" | Conjunctions (No.75) | ||
| "The Last Days of Rodney" | American Short Fiction (Vol. 23, No.71) | ||
| "In This Sort of World, the Asshole Wins" | The Cincinnati Review (Vol. 17, No.2) | ||
| "Love Letter" | The New Yorker (April 6, 2020) | ||
| "A Way with Bea" | The Paris Review (No. 234) | ||
| "Haguillory" | (Vol.24, No. 2) | ||
| "You Are My Dear Friend" | The New Yorker (August 17, 2020) | ||
| "Palaver" | McSweeney's (No. 62) | ||
| "Biology" | The Southern Review (Vol 56, No.1) | ||
| "Little Beast" | BOMB (No. 153) |