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PublisherTouchstone

ISBN-101416532277

ISBN-139781416532279

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Edition2

Book TitleScribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction : 50 North American Stories since 1970

Number of Pages672 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicCanadian, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Short Stories, American / General

FeaturesRevised

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Literary Collections

AuthorMichael Martone

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight24.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-036319

TitleLeadingThe

Table Of ContentCONTENTS LEX WILLIFORD AND MICHAEL MARTONE Foreword ROSELLEN BROWN Introduction ALEXIE, SHERMAN This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona ATWOOD, MARGARET Death by Landscape BAMBARA, TONI Cade Raymond's Run BANKS, RUSSELL Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story BARTH, JOHN Click BARTHELME, DONALD The School BASS, RICK Wild Horses BAUSCH, RICHARD The Man Who Knew Belle Starr BAXTER, CHARLES Gryphon BELL, MADISON SMARTT Customs of the Country BLOOM, AMY SILVER Water BRAVERMAN, KATE Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta BUTLER, ROBERT OLEN A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain CANIN, ETHAN The Year of Getting to Know Us CARVER, RAYMOND Errand CISNEROS, SANDRA Woman Hollering Creek CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL White Angel DIAZ, JUNOT Fiesta 1980 DYBEK, STUART Pet Milk EARLEY, TONY The Prophet from Jupiter ERDRICH, LOUISE Saint Marie FORD, RICHARD Rock Springs GATES, DAVID The Mail Lady GAUTREAUX, TIM Same Place, Same Things HANSEN, RON Nebraska HEMPEL, AMY In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried JOHNSON, DENIS Emergency JONES, EDWARD P. Marie JONES, THOM Cold Snap KAPLAN, DAVID MICHAEL Doe Season KAUFFMAN, JANET Patriotic KINCAID, JAMAICA Girl LEAVITT, DAVID Territory MCKNIGHT, REGINALD The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas MOORE, LORRIE You're Ugly, Too MUKHERJEE, BHARATI The Management of Grief MUNRO, ALICE Meneseteung OATES, JOYCE CAROL Ghost Girls O'BRIEN, TIM The Things They Carried OZICK, CYNTHIA The Shawl PROULX, ANNIE Brokeback Mountain RICHARD, MARK Strays SMITH, LEE Intensive Care SONTAG, SUSAN The Way We Live Now TAN, AMY Two Kinds THON, MELANIE RAE First, Body VAUGHN, STEPHANIE Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog WALKER, ALICE Nineteen Fifty-five WIDEMAN, JOHN EDGAR Fever WILLIAMS, JOY Taking Care

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisSelected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short storywriters, and novelists, this revised and updated second edition features fifty remarkable stories written by a wide spectrum of stylistically and culturally diverse authors. Russell Banks - Donald Barthelme - Rick Bass - Richard Bausch - Charles Baxter - Amy Bloom - T. C. Boyle - Kevin Brockmeier - Robert Olen Butler - Sandra Cisneros - Peter Ho Davies - Janet Desaulniers - Junot Diaz - Anthony Doerr - Stuart Dybek - Deborah Eisenberg - Richard Ford - Mary Gaitskill - Dagoberto Gilb - Ron Hansen - A. M. Homes - Mary Hood - Denis Johnson - Edward P. Jones - Thom Jones - Jamaica Kincaid - Jhumpa Lahiri - David Leavitt - Kelly Link - Reginald McKnight - David Means - Susan Minot - Rick Moody - Bharati Mukherjee - Antonya Nelson - Joyce Carol Oates - Tim O'Brien - Daniel Orozco - Julie Orringer - ZZ Packer - E. Annie Proulx - Stacey Richter - George Saunders - Joan Silber - Leslie Marmon Silko - Susan Sontag - Amy Tan - Melanie Rae Thon - Alice Walker - Steve Yarbrough, More than 200 English professors, award-winning short-story writers, novelists, and fiction workshop directors were surveyed and asked to select the best literature written since 1970. The short stories included in this anthology represent the best short fiction of the past three decades., Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists. Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Peter Ho Davies, Janet Desaulniers, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, A.M. Homes, Mary Hood, Denis Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Thom Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Leavitt, Kelly Link, Reginald McKnight, David Means, Susan Minot , Rick Moody, Bharati Mukherjee, Antonya Nelson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim O'Brien, Daniel Orozco, Julie Orringer, ZZ Packer, Annie Proulx, Stacey Richter, George Saunders, Joan Silber, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Sontag, Amy Tan, Melanie Rae Thon, Alice Walker, and Steve Yarbrough., Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists. Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Peter Ho Davies, Janet Desaulniers, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, A.M. Homes, Mary Hood, Denis Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Thom Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Leavitt, Kelly Link, Reginald McKnight, David Means, Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Bharati Mukherjee, Antonya Nelson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim O'Brien, Daniel Orozco, Julie Orringer, ZZ Packer, Annie Proulx, Stacey Richter, George Saunders, Joan Silber, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Sontag, Amy Tan, Melanie Rae Thon, Alice Walker, and Steve Yarbrough.

LC Classification NumberPS648