The Best American Short Stories 1999, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Katrina Kenison and by guest editor Amy Tan.Kennison, Katrina and Tan, Amy(editors), The Best American Short Stories 1999, New York, 1999.Amy Tan Steps Over the Dead White Male in Her Choices, Charlotte Observer, Nov. 21, 1999 Short stories included Author Story SourceRick Bass "The Hermit's Story" The Paris ReviewJunot Díaz "The Sun, the Moon, the Stars" The New YorkerChitra Divakaruni "Mrs. Dutta Writes A Letter" The Atlantic MonthlyStephen Dobyns "Kansas" Clackamas Literary ReviewNathan Englander "The Tumblers" American Short FictionTim Gautreaux "The Piano Tuner" Harper's MagazineMelissa Hardy "The Uncharted Heart" Ontario ReviewGeorge Harrar "The 5:22" StoryA. Hemon "Islands" PloughsharesPam Houston "The Best Girlfriend You Never Had" Other VoicesHa Jin "In the Kindergarten" Five PointsHeidi Julavits "Marry the One Who Gets There First" EsquireHester Kaplan "Live Life King-Sized" PressSheila Kohler "Africans" StoryJhumpa Lahiri "Interpreter of Maladies" AGNILorrie Moore "Real Estate" The New YorkerAlice Munro "Save the Reaper" The New YorkerAnnie Proulx "The Bunchgrass at the Edge of the World" The New YorkerJames Spencer "The Robbers of Karnataka" The Gettysburg ReviewSamrat Upadhyay "The Good Shopkeeper" ManoaSteve Yarbrough "The Rest of Her Life" The Missouri Review
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