Author(s): Junot Diaz (Mass Inst of Technology)

Fiction

The literary Oscars featurestwenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories. "Shelf Awareness for Readers The Best American Short Stories 2016" will be selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz. He brings "one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, caffeinated and wonderfully eclectic" (Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times") to the collection."