245 04 |a The best American short stories, 2000 : |b selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines / |c [edited] by E.L. Doctorow with Katrina Kenison ; with an introduction by E.L. Doctorow.

505 00 |t Black Elvis / |r Geoffrey Becker -- |t The story / |r Amy Bloom -- |t The beautiful days / |r Michael Byers -- |t The ordinary son / |r Ron Carlson -- |t Call if you need me / |r Raymond Carver -- |t Bones of the inner ear / |r Kiana Davenport -- |t Nilda / |r Junot D'iaz -- |t The gilgul of Park Avenue / |r Nathan Englander -- |t The fix / |r Percival Everett -- |t Good for the soul / |r Tim Gautreaux -- |t He's at the office / |r Allan Gurganus -- |t Blind Jozef Pronek / |r Aleksandar Hemon -- |t The anointed / |r Kathleen Hill -- |t The bridegroom / |r Ha Jin -- |t The thing around them / |r Marilyn Krysl -- |t The third and final continent / |r Jhumpa Lahiri -- |t Pet fly / |r Walter Mosley -- |t Brownies / |r ZZ Packer -- |t Allog / |r Edith Pearlman -- |t People in hell just want a drink of water / |r Annie Proulx -- |t Basil the dog / |r Frances Sherwood.