The table of contents for the Best American Series were recently announced, and The Southern Review would like to congratulate James Lee Burke for his inclusion in the Best American Mystery Stories 2014, selected by guest editor Laura Lippman, series editor Otto Penzler. The featured story, “Going Across Jordan,” was originally published in the Spring 2013 issue of The Southern Review. You can hear Burke read an excerpt of the story here.
We were also pleased to learn of a number of “notable” stories and essays that originally appeared on our pages. Congratulations to:
- Bonnie Jo Campbell for “Crimes Against a Wrecker Driver,” (Spring 2013), a notable essay in Best American Essays 2014, guest edited by John Jeremiah Sullivan
- Jerome Charyn for “Marla,” (Autumn 2013), a notable in Best American Mystery 2014
- Steven Harvey for “The Vanishing Point,” (Winter 2013), a notable in Best American Essays 2014
- Michael Knight for “Water and Oil,” (Autumn 2013), a notable story in Best American Short Stories 2014, guest edited by Jennifer Egan
- Lori Ostlund for “The Gap Year,” (Autumn 2013), a notable story in Best American Short Stories 2014
- Mika Seifert for “The Intervention” (Spring 2013), a notable story in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014, edited by Daniel Handler.
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