>Vote for the New Yorker Story of the Year — Just 4 days left!

>Please vote for your favorite New Yorker short story for 2009 by selecting one story from the poll in the right sidebar of this blog. Below you will find a list of the 10 finalists, along with links to the stories themselves and to the discussions of those stories right here on Perpetual Folly.

Polls close on December 31 at midnight!

March 23, 2009: “She’s the One” by Tessa Hadley — PF Discussion

April 20, 2009: “A Tiny Feast” by Chris Adrian — PF Discussion

April 27, 2009: “Vast Hell” by Guillermo Martínez — PF Discussion

June 8 & 15, 2009: “Good Neighbors” by Jonathan Franzen — PF Discussion

June 22, 2009: “Idols” by Tim Gautreaux — PF Discussion

September 28, 2009: “Temporary” by Marisa Silver — PF Discussion

October 5, 2009: “Victory Lap” by George Saunders — PF Discussion

October 19, 2009: “Complicity” by Julian Barnes — PF Discussion

November 2, 2009: “While the Women are Sleeping” by Javier Marías — PF Discussion

November 30, 2009: “Midnight in Dostoevsky” by Don DeLillo — PF Discussion

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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