50 short stories since 1970 Williford, Lex 1954- Martone, Michael. text nyu New York A Touchstone Book published by Simon & Schuster c2004 2004 monographic eng

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671 p. 24 cm. "A remarkable collection of North American literature written since 1970" " ... stories chosen according to the results of a survey of more than two hundred literature professors, award-winning writers, and the directors of prestigious writing workshops. The result is a landmark anthology that showcases an unusual variety of different cultural, gender, ethnic, and racial viewpoints. With stories encompassing both the contemporary-realist and postmodern traditions, it brings together the best works by established authors like Raymond Carver and Amy Tan and new frontiers like Lorrie Moore and Junot Diaz"--Jacket. This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona / Sherman Alexie -- Death by landscape / Margaret Atwood -- Raymond's run / Toni Cade Bambara -- Sarah Cole : a type of love story / Russell Banks -- Click / John Barth -- The school / Donald Barthelme -- Wild horses / Rick Bass -- The man who knew Belle Starr / Richard Bausch -- Gryphon / Charles Baxter -- Customs of the country / Madison Smartt Bell -- Silver water / Amy Bloom -- Tall tales from the Mekong Delta / Kate Braverman -- A good scent from a strange mountain / Robert Olen Butler -- The year of getting to know us / Ethan Canin -- Errand / Raymond Carver -- Woman Hollering Creek / Sandra Cisneros -- White angel / Michael Cunningham -- Fiesta 1980 / Junot Diaz -- Pet milk / Stuart Dybek -- The prophet from Jupiter / Tony Earley -- Saint Marie / Louise Erdrich -- Rock Springs / Richard Ford -- The mail lady / David Gates -- Same place, same things / Tim Gautreaux -- Nebraska / Ron Hansen -- In the cemetery where Al Jolson is buried / Amy Hempel -- Emergency / Denis Johnson -- Marie / Edward P. Jones -- Cold snap / Thom Jones -- Doe season / David Michael Kaplan -- Patriotic / Janet Kauffman -- Girl / Jamaica Kincaid -- Territory / David Leavitt -- The kind of light that shines on Texas / Reginald McKnight -- You're ugly, too / Lorrie Moore -- The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee -- Meneseteung / Alice Munro -- Ghost girls / Joyce Carol Oates -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- The shawl / Cynthia Ozick -- Brokeback Mountain / Annie Proulx -- Strays / Mark Richard -- Intensive care / Lee Smith -- The way we live now / Susan Sontag -- Two kinds / Amy Tan -- First, body / Melanie Rae Thon -- Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog / Stephanie Vaughn -- Nineteen fifty-five / Alice Walker -- Fever / John Edgar Wideman -- Taking care / Joy Williams. edited by Lex Williford and Michael Martone. Short stories, American Short stories, Canadian American fiction 20th century Canadian fiction 20th century United States Social life and customs Fiction Canada Social life and customs Fiction 0743269470 SDE 090212 20190501223743.0 59131335