''The Best American Short Stories 1997'', a volume in '' The Best American Short Stories'' series, was edited by Katrina Kennison and by guest editor

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.The Best in the Truest Sense of the World, ''Chicago Tribune'', Dec 22, 1997 This was the first and only year that the stories were formally grouped by category, rather than alphabetically.

Short stories included

Manners and Right Behavior

Identifying the Stranger

Perceived Social Values

Rites of Passage

References

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