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I second the collection edited by Sedaris. I've read two of his books and thought they were very funny and so would be interested to see what he's chosen.

I third the Munro; I've been close but haven't read anything by her yet and this would be a great place to begin.

Finally, I nominate-

Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx. I've wanted to read this for a long time now. She's won the Pulitzer and other prizes for her writing and this collection includes the short story Brokeback Mountain from which the film was adapted.

Spoiler:

From Goodreads:

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes comes one of the most celebrated short-story collections of our time.

Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in these breathtaking tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. Each of the stunning portraits in Close Range reveals characters fiercely wrought with precision and grace.

These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent -- by an author writing at the peak of her craft.


Sometimes known as "Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories"

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