<DIV><DIV><P>Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" (<I>Chicago Tribune)</I>. The collection boasts great variety from "famous to first-timers, sifted from major magazines and little reviews, grand and little worlds" (<I>St. Louis Post-Dispatch)</I>, ensuring yet another rewarding, eduring edition of the oldest and best-selling Best American.</P></DIV></DIV>