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The best American short stories, 1995 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995.Description: xviii, 366 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0395711800
  • 9780395711804
  • 0395711797
  • 9780395711798
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.54 20
LOC classification:
  • PN6112 .B45 1995
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction / Jane Smiley -- Orientation / Daniel Orozco -- Way down deep in the jungle / Thom Jones -- The stucco house / Ellen Gilchrist -- A night's work / Jaimy Gordon -- Pity / Avner Mandelman -- Leg / Steven Polansky -- The ugliest house in the world / Peter Ho Davies -- Birthmates / Gish Jen -- The drowning / Edward J. Delaney -- Honored guest / Joy Williams -- The behavior of the hawkweeds / Andrea Barrett -- Hand jive / Andrew Cozine -- So I guess you know what I told him / Stephen Dobyns -- Undertow / Jennifer C. Cornell -- Pagan night / Kate Braverman -- First, body / Melaine Rae Thon -- The Angel Esmeralda / Don DeLillo -- The artist / Edward Falco -- Chiromancy / Max Garland -- Xuela / Jamaica Kincaid -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1994 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.
Summary: The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 808.83 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PZ1 Available 34517000201635

Foreword -- Introduction / Jane Smiley -- Orientation / Daniel Orozco -- Way down deep in the jungle / Thom Jones -- The stucco house / Ellen Gilchrist -- A night's work / Jaimy Gordon -- Pity / Avner Mandelman -- Leg / Steven Polansky -- The ugliest house in the world / Peter Ho Davies -- Birthmates / Gish Jen -- The drowning / Edward J. Delaney -- Honored guest / Joy Williams -- The behavior of the hawkweeds / Andrea Barrett -- Hand jive / Andrew Cozine -- So I guess you know what I told him / Stephen Dobyns -- Undertow / Jennifer C. Cornell -- Pagan night / Kate Braverman -- First, body / Melaine Rae Thon -- The Angel Esmeralda / Don DeLillo -- The artist / Edward Falco -- Chiromancy / Max Garland -- Xuela / Jamaica Kincaid -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1994 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.

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