| Description |
xv, 480 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Conversation with my father / Grace Paley -- Ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K Le Guin -- Bicycles, muscles, cigarettes / Raymond Carver -- Flowers / Alice Walker -- Girl / Jamaica Kincaid -- Red convertible / Louise Erdrich -- Reencounter / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Taking care / Joy Williams -- Story / Lydia Davis -- China / Charles Johnson -- Pet Milk / Stuart Dybek -- Way we live now / Susan Sontag -- Salvador late or early / Sandra Cisneros -- Things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- River of names / Dorothy Allison -- Emergency / Denis Johnson -- Sticks / George Saunders -- Fiesta, 1980 / Junot Diaz -- Silence / Lucia Berlin -- Twenty-seventh man / Nathan Englander -- Bullet in the brain / Tobias Wolff -- Hermit's story / Rick Bass -- Temporary matter / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Penthouse / Andrew Holleran -- Fix / Percival Everett -- Water child / Edwig Danticat -- American Embassy / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Conductor / Aleksandar Hemon -- St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves / Karen Russell -- Last thing we need / Claire Vaye Watkins -- Paper menagerie / Ken Liu -- Dune / Stephen King -- Diem perdidi / Julie Otsuka -- Great silence / Ted Chiang -- Midnight zone / Lauren Groff -- Anyone can do it / Manuel Munoz. |
| Summary |
"A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- 20th century.
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Short stories, American -- 21st century.
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| Genre |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Freeman, John, 1974- editor.
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Bambara, Toni Cade.
Lesson.
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Paley, Grace.
Conversation with my father.
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Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018.
Ones who walk away from Omelas.
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Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988.
Bicycles, muscles, cigarettes.
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Walker, Alice, 1944-
Flowers.
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Kincaid, Jamaica.
Girl.
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Erdrich, Louise.
Red convertible.
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Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991.
Reencounter.
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Williams, Joy, 1944-
Taking care.
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Davis, Lydia, 1947-
Story.
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Johnson, Charles.
China.
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Dybek, Stuart, 1942-
Pet milk.
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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
Way we live now.
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Cisneros, Sandra.
Salvador late or early.
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O'Brien, Tim.
Things they carried.
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Allison, Dorothy, 1949-
River of names.
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Johnson, Denis, 1949-2017.
Emergency.
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Saunders, George.
Stickes.
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Diaz, Junot.
Fiesta.
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Berlin, Lucia.
Silence.
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Englander, Nathan.
Twenty-seventh man.
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Wolff, Tobias, 1945-
Bullet in the brain.
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Bass, Rick, 1958-
Hermit's story.
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Lahiri, Jhumpa.
Temporary matter.
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Holleran, Andrew.
Penthouse.
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Everett, Percival.
Fix.
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Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
Water child.
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
American embassy.
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Hemon, Aleksandar, 1964-
Conductor.
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Russell, Karen, 1981-
St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves.
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Watkins, Claire Vaye.
Last thing we need.
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Liu, Ken, 1976-
Paper menagerie.
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King, Stephen, 1947-
Dune.
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Otsuka, Julie.
Diem perdidi., 1962-
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Chiang, Ted.
Great silence.
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Groff, Lauren.
Midnight zone.
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Muñoz, Manuel.
Anyone can do it.
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| ISBN |
9781984877802 (hardcover) |
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