THE BEST AMERICAN SERIES 2004 "The Best American Series" is an annual anthology that selects the best short fiction and nonfiction from the United States. The 2004 edition of the short story collection features Lorrie Moore as guest editor and includes a variety of works on themes such as ambition, gender, and love. LORRIE MOORE KATRINA KENISON SERIES EDITOR FIRST, BEST, AND BEST-SELLING Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind. T. Coraghessan Boyle Edward P. Jones Annie Proulx Sherman Alexie Paula Fox Thomas McGuane Deborah Eisenberg Alice Munro and others