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Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might,” writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. “It's the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are.” \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2013\u003c\/i\u003e presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Miss Lora,” Junot Díaz masterfully puts us in the mind of a teenage boy who throws aside his better sense and pursues an intimate affair with a high school teacher. Sheila Kohler tackles innocence and abuse as a child wanders away from her mother, in thrall to a stranger she believes is the “Magic Man.” Kirstin Valdez Quade's “Nemecia” depicts the after-effects of a secret, violent family trauma. 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Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy's father she has submerged herself in the routine of her dead-end job and her unrequited love for her boss. But when Amy, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks on an illicit affair with her maths teacher, the disgrace intensifies the shame Isabelle feels about her own past. 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