Meeting the Writers

Our series of introductions to the writers in our current issue, the Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists, continues. Today, we publish reponses to stories by David Guterson and Edwidge Danticat, both of whom were featured in the first Best of Young American Novelists issue in 1996. Click on the author photos to visit their pages, which also include interview answers on literary influences and the writer’s role in public life.

‘the frisson of a balanced thematic finality ...’ (David Guterson)

‘the heartfelt vulnerability of testimony...’ (Edwidge Danticat)

Visit the page for the current issue to read stories by five of the Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists, as well as introductions to other writers on the new list by previous Best Young Novelists including Jonathan Safran Foer, Yiyun Li and A.L. Kennedy. You’ll also find a full list of web exclusives, including our ‘snapshots’ series.