A review by infinitejoe
The Best American Short Stories 2012 by Mike Meginnis, Adam Wilson, Eric Puchner, Nathan Englander, Heidi Pitlor, Jess Walter, Taiye Selasi, Edith Pearlman, Sharon Solwitz, Kate Walbert, Carol Anshaw, Jennifer Haigh, Mary Gaitskill, Taylor Antrim, Angela Pneuman, Alice Munro, Julie Otsuka, Roxane Gay, Lawrence Osborne, Tom Perrotta, George Saunders, Steven Millhauser

4.0

A very solid collection of sort stories chosen by a very solid guest editor. There were maybe 2 stories I would have only given 3 stars to (Tenth of December, and What's Important Is Feeling"), and there were a few that deserved 5 stars (with "The Sex Lives of African Girls" being towards the top). The majority hovered in between.

I'm happy I found this series, and have already added a few other editions to my "to read" list by guest editors I really admire.