There a few favorites in this collection, but also a few I didn't care for -- one editor choosing 20 different stories from 20 different authors is a huge job -- maybe PEN should think about dividing this up next year....Favorites:'A Birth in the Woods' by Kevin Wilson'Naima' by Hisham Matar'Things Said or Done' by Ann Packer'East of the West' by Miroslav Penkov'Kindness" by Yiyun Lee'The Deep' by Anthony Doerr'The Woman Who Lived in the House' by Salvatore Scibona'Corrie' by Alice Munro