Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction Fifty North American Stories since 1970

Name: Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction Fifty North American Stories since 1970
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ISBN: 9780684857961

ISBN-10: 0684857960

ISBN-13: 9780684857961

Edition: 1999

Authors: Lex Williford, Michael Martone, Rosellen Brown

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Selected from a survey of more than 200 English professors, award-winning short-story writers, novelists, and fiction workshop directors, a remarkable collection of North American literature written since 1970.Sherman Alexie Margaret Atwood Toni Cade Bambara Russell Banks John Barth Donald Barthelme Rick Bass Richard Bausch Charles Baxter Madison Smartt Bell Amy Bloom Kate Braverman Robert Olen Butler Ethan Canin Raymond Carver Sandra Cisneros Michael Cunningham Junot Diaz Stuart Dybek Tony Earley Louise Erdrich Richard Ford David Gates Tim Gautreaux Ron Hansen Amy Hempel Denis Johnson Edward P. Jones Thom Jones David Michael Kaplan Janet Kaufman Jamaica…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 12/6/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 9.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Charles G. Finney (1905–84) was a newspaperman and writer based in Arizona. John Marco is the author of the Tyrants and Kings series, whose books includeThe Jackal of Nar,The Grand Design, andThe Saints of the Sword. Michael Martone is a professor of English at the University of Alabama and the author or editor of numerous books, includingDouble-Wide: Collected Fiction of Michael Martone. Boris Artzybasheff (1899–1965) was a surrealist illustrator who was best known for his magazine art, which has been featured inLife, Fortune,andTime.

Rosellen Brown is the author of the best-selling novel "Before & After" as well as "Half a Heart", "Civil Wars", & others. She lives in Chicago.



Foreword



Introduction



This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona



Death by Landscape



Cade Raymond's Run Banks



Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story



Click



The School



Wild Horses



The Man Who Knew Belle Starr



Gryphon



Customs of the Country



Water



Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta



A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain



The Year of Getting to Know Us Carver



Errand



Woman Hollering Creek



White Ange



Fiesta 1980



Pet Milk



The Prophet from Jupiter



Saint Marie



Rock Springs



The Mail Lady



Same Place, Same Things



Nebraska



In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried



Emergency



P.Marie



Cold Snap



Doe Season



Patriotic



Girl



Territory



The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas



You're Ugly, Too



The Management of Grief



Meneseteung



Ghost Girls



The Things They Carried



The Shaw



Brokeback Mountain



Strays



Intensive Care



The Way We Live Now



Two Kinds



First, Body



Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog



Nineteen Fifty-five



Fever



Taking Care