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Title:

The best American short stories 1982 / selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by John Gardner with Shannon Ravenel ; with an introduction by John Gardner.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

1982

Description:

xix, 374 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Short stories, American.
Short stories, Canadian.

Other Authors:

Gardner, John, 1933-
Ravenel, Shannon.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Theft / Joyce Carol Oates. Dancing ducks and talking anus / James Ferry -- Courtship of Widow Sobcek / Joanna Higgins -- Good rockin' tonight / William Hauptmann -- Shelter the pilgrim / Fred Licht -- Coach / Mary Robison -- Exchange value / Charles Johnson -- K. 590 / Nicholson Baker -- Dolphin story / Joyce Renwick -- Continental heart / Lissa McLaughlin -- Cafe de Paris / Roberta Gupta -- Power of language is such that even a single word taken truly to heart can change everything / Alvin Greenberg -- Gift horse's mouth / R. E. Smith -- Harmony of the world / Charles Baxter -- Coming over / Edith Milton -- Girl who was no kin to the Marshalls / Anne Hobson Freeman -- Prize tomatoes / Anne F. Rosner -- Proud monster--sketches / Ian MacMillan -- Lamb says / Rosanne Coggeshall -- Theft / Joyce Carol Oates.

ISBN:

9780395322079
0395322073

LCCN:

82011972

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)