Contemporary fiction : 50 short stories since 1970 / edited by Lex Williford and Michael Martone.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0743269470
- ISBN: 9780743269476
- Physical Description: 671 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : A Touchstone Book published by Simon & Schuster, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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| Marion Library | FIC CON (Text) | 37810434989728 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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