The AV Clubs list is: Pastorilia (2000), George Saunders, Toast (2002), Charles Stross, Novelties & Souvenirs (2004), John Crowley, Runaway (2004), Alice Munro, Magic for Beginners (2005), Kelly Link, Fragile Things (2006), Neil Gaiman, Twilight of Superheroes (2006), Deborah Esienberg, Shakespeare's Kitchen (2007) Lore Segal, 20th Century Ghost (2007), Joe Hill, My Father's Tears And Other Stories (2009) John Updike.
I have only read the Saunders collection, which didn't make much of an impression, and Esienberg's stories from this list and I thought they were inferior to her earlier stories. I would also say that there are some great collections that are missing from the list. 2008 was responsible fro three great collections: Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories by Tobias Wolff, Like You'd Understand, Anyway Jim Shepperd, Unacustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. I would also add Natasha by David Bezmozgis (2004), Sightseeing (2004) by Rattawat Lapcharoensap, and Shepperd's earlier collection Love and Hydrogen (2004), God Lives in St.Petersberg by Tom Bissell (2005), and Brief Encounters With Che Guevera by Ben Foster (2007).
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