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The Contemporary American Short Story

B. Minh Nguyen & Porter Shreve

First published 2004
Publisher Longman / Pearson
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Gretchen Dow Simpson
Pages xxx+642
ISBN 0321117271

{{LCCN|2003058110}}. 2004 by year line. 3rd printing by number line. Only SF-related material listed here. Cover: "Cottage Street II," Gretchen Dow Simpson. "Chronological Table of Contents" on page 615. "Suggestions for Grouping Stories by Elements, Subjects,and Themes" on page 619. "Glossary" on page 629. "Credits" on page 639. Before each story is a paragraph about the author.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock Sherman Alexie Short Story
17 Happy Endings Margaret Atwood Short Story
37 Lost in the Funhouse John Barth Short Story
58 The School Donald Barthelme Short Story
61 The Man Who Knew Belle Starr Richard Bausch Novelette
122 The Swimmer John Cheever Short Story
136 The Hull Case Peter Ho Davies Short Story
227 The Elizabeth Complex Karen Joy Fowler Short Story
262 Menagerie, a Child's Fable Charles Johnson Short Story
281 Girl Jamaica Kincaid Short Story
313 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin Short Story
320 The Jewbird Bernard Malamud Short Story
406 Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Joyce Carol Oates Short Story
462 My Flamboyant Grandson George Saunders Short Story
518 The Moths Helena María Viramontes Short Story
523 Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Short Story
563 Tge Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me Sherman Alexie Essay
566 Context Dorothy Allison Essay
568 Dear Writer Richard Bausch Essay
573 On Writing Raymond Carver Essay
578 The Habit of Writing Andre Dubus Essay
586 The Words That Echo... Echo... Echo... Through Life Jamaica Kincaid Essay
596 Why Is Your Writing So Violent? Joyce Carol Oates Essay
600 Writing Short Stories (2011) Flannery O'Connor Essay
606 The Value of Not Understanding Everything Grace Paley Essay
609 Directions: Write, Read, Rewrite. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 as Needed. Susan Sontag Essay
ix Preface (The Contemporary American Short Story) B. Minh Nguyen & Porter Shreve Essay
xiii A Brief History of the Short Story B. Minh Nguyen & Porter Shreve Essay
xix The Elements of Fiction B. Minh Nguyen & Porter Shreve Essay
xviii Why Do We Read Short Stories? B. Minh Nguyen & Porter Shreve Essay