The PEN/O. Henry prize stories: 2012

Introduction / Laura Furman

Uncle Rock / Dagoberto Gilb

The Vandercook / Alice Mattison

Leak / Sam Ruddick

Nothing living lives alone / Wendell Berry

The first wife / Christine Sneed

A birth in the woods / Kevin Wilson

Naima / Hisham Matar

Mickey Mouse / Karl Taro Greenfeld

Things said or done / Ann Packer

East of the West / Miroslav Penkov

A brush / John Berger

Kindness / Yiyun Li

Phantoms / Steven Millhauser

Boys Town / Jim Shepard

The hare's mask / Mark Slouka

Eyewall / Lauren Groff

Rothko eggs / Keith Ridgway

The deep / Anthony Doerr

The woman who lived in the house / Salvatore Scibona

Corrie / Alice Munro

Reading the PEN/O. Henry Prize stories 2012

Writing the PEN/O. Henry Prize stories 2012.