the best american short stories 2026

sponsored: weds 7pm: the best american short stories 2026: selected shorts with viet thanh nguyen: pulitzer prize–winning novelist and guest editor of the best american short stories 2026, viet thanh nguyen (the sympathizer), hosts selected shorts’ annual collaboration with one of the premier anthologies of contemporary american fiction. come along on this spectacular journey of literature in performance at symphony space (uws) and celebrate the achievements of established and emerging writers. with stories by nathan blum, sigrid nunez, and akhil sharma to be performed by sanjit de silva (war horse, inventing anna), jessica hecht (breaking bad, eureka day), and denis o’hare (american horror story, here we are). skint readers can get a $16 ticket on tier 2 seats using code: ‘viet’