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Title:

The best American short stories, 1986 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Raymond Carver with Shannon Ravenel ; with an introduction by Raymond Carver.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

1986

Description:

xxii, 325 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Short stories, American.
American fiction--20th century.

Other Authors:

Carver, Raymond.
Ravenel, Shannon.

Notes:

Biographical notes: p. [307]-309. "Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories": p. [315]-325. "100 other distinguished short stories of the year, 1985": p. [311]-314.

Contents:

Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. Introduction / Tobias Wolff -- Basil from her garden / Donald Barthelme -- Gryphon / Charles Baxter -- Janus / Ann Beattie -- The convict / James Lee Burke -- Star food / Ethan Canin -- Gossip / Frank Conroy -- Communist / Richard Ford -- Bad company / Tess Gallagher -- Today will be a quiet day / Amy Hempel -- Doe season / David Michael Kaplan -- Three thousand dollars / David Lipsky -- Sportsmen / Thomas McGuane -- All my relations / Christopher McIlroy -- Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux / Alice Munro -- Skin angels / Jessica Neely -- Invisible life / Kent Nelson -- Telling / Grace Paley -- Lawns / Mona Simpson -- Health / Joy Williams -- The rich brother / Tobias Wolff -- Biographical notes -- 100 other distinguished short stories of the year 1985 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.

ISBN:

9780395383995
0395383994

Locations:

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)