The Best American Short Stories 2009 by Ethan Rutherford, Steve De Jarnatt, Victoria Lancelotta, Alex Rose, Yiyun Li, Annie Proulx, Adam Johnson, Ron Rash, Daniel Alarcón, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Jill McCorkle, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Eleanor Henderson, Richard Powers, Alice Sebold, Kevin Moffett, Namwali Serpell, Heidi Pitlor, Greg Hrbek, Rebecca Makkai, Joseph Epstein, Alice Fulton | Lex | Lex