Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Celeste Ng for a dynamic session about the newest entry in the beloved Best American series: The Best American Short Stories 2025. The premier showcase for the country's finest short fiction writers, this year's captivating collection was hand-selected by Ng. Series editor Nicole A. Lamy will join Ng and two writers chosen for BASS 2025 – Sanjana Thakur, whose fiction has appeared in Granta and The Rumpus, among other outlets, and Jessica Treadway, award-winning author of four novels and three story collections – to discuss their stories, this year's collection as a whole, the 110-year history of the Best American series, and the place of short stories in the literary world. Acclaimed novelist Heidi Pitlor, former BASS series editor and current editorial director of the literary studio Plympton, will moderate this sure-to-be engaging conversation about the longest-running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country.

Free and open to the public. Book signing to follow.