The Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009
by Laura Furman, A. S. Byatt, Anthony Doerr, Tim O'Brien, Graham Joyce, Kristen Sundberg Lundstrum, E V Slate, John Burnside, Mohan Sikka, Miller, L. E., Alistair Morgan, Roger Nash, Manuel Muñoz, Caitlin Horrocks, Ha Jin, Paul Theroux, Judy Troy, Nadine Gordimer, Viet Dinh, Karen Brown, Marisa Silver, Paul Yoon, Andrew Sean Greer, Junot Díaz

An ordinary soldier of the queen / Graham Joyce The nursery / Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Purple bamboo park / E.V. Slate The bell ringer / John Burnside Uncle Musto takes a mistress / Mohan Sikka Kind / L.E. Miller Icebergs / Alistair Morgan The camera and the cobra / Roger Nash Tell him about Brother John / Manuel Muñoz This is not your city / Caitlin Horrocks The house behind a weeping cherry / Ha Jin Twenty-two stories / Paul Theroux The order of things / Judy Troy A beneficiary / Nadine Gordimer Substitutes / Viet Dinh Isabel's daughter / Karen Brown The visitor / Marisa Silver And we will be here / Paul Yoon Darkness / Andrew Sean Greer Wildwood / Junot Díaz Reading the PEN/O. Henry Prize stories 2009: A.S. Byatt on "An ordinary soldier of the Queen" by Graham Joyce ; Anthony Doerr on " Wildwood" by Junot Díaz ; Tim O'Brien on "An ordinary soldier of the Queen" by Graham Joyce