"Weight" John Edgar Wideman Introduced by Michael Cunningham "The Man with the Lapdog" Beth Lordan Introduced by Pam Houston "The Deacon" Mary Gordon Introduced by George Saunders "Plains of Abraham" Russell Banks "Flush" Judy Budnitz "These Hands" Kevin Brockmeier "Salve Regina" Melissa Pritchard "The Smallest People Alive" Keith Banner "Bones of the Inner Ear" Kiana Davenport "The Fool's Proxy" J. Robert Lennon "He's at the Office" Allan Gurganus "The Gilgul of Park Avenue" Nathan Englander "Theories of Rain" Andrea Barrett "Whileaway" Jeannette Bertles "Rose" John Biguenet "The Gardens of Kyoto" Kate Walbert "Easy Pickings" Tim Gautreaux "The Beautiful Days" Michael Byers "Watch the Animals" Alice Elliott Dark "Kindling" Raymond Carver