| Other author/creator | Moore, Lorrie editor. |
| Other author/creator | Pitlor, Heidi editor. |
| Included Work | Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. Gay old dog. |
| Included Work | Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 Brothers. |
| Included Work | Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. My old man. |
| Included Work | Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 Haircut. |
| Included Work | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 Babylon revisited. |
| Included Work | Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980 Cracked looking-glass. |
| Included Work | Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 That will be fine. |
| Included Work | Hale, Nancy, 1908-1988 Those are as brothers. |
| Included Work | Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 Whole world knows. |
| Included Work | Cheever, John Enormous radio. |
| Included Work | Olsen, Tillie. I stand here ironing. |
| Included Work | Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 Sonny's blues. |
| Included Work | Roth, Philip Conversion of the Jews. |
| Included Work | O'Connor, Flannery Everything that rises must converge. |
| Included Work | Updike, John Pigeon feathers. |
| Included Work | Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 Will you please be quiet, please? |
| Included Work | Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- By the river. |
| Included Work | Barthelme, Donald School. |
| Included Work | Elkin, Stanley, 1930-1995. Living end. Conventional wisdom. |
| Included Work | Paley, Grace. Friends. |
| Included Work | Baxter, Charles, 1947- Harmony of the world. |
| Included Work | Simpson, Mona Lawns. |
| Included Work | Ford, Richard, 1944- Communist. |
| Included Work | Stone, Robert, 1937-2015 Helping. |
| Included Work | Louie, David Wong, 1954-2018 Displacement. |
| Included Work | Munro, Alice, 1931- Friend of my youth. |
| Included Work | Gaitskill, Mary, 1954- Girl on the plane. |
| Included Work | Kincaid, Jamaica Xuela. |
| Included Work | Sharma, Akhil, 1971- If you sing like that for me. |
| Included Work | Díaz, Junot, 1968- Fiesta, 1980. |
| Included Work | Lahiri, Jhumpa Third and final continent. |
| Included Work | Packer, ZZ. Brownies. |
| Included Work | Alexie, Sherman, 1966- What you pawn I will redeem. |
| Included Work | Jones, Edward P. Old boys, old girls. |
| Included Work | Percy, Benjamin Refresh, refresh. |
| Included Work | Wolff, Tobias, 1945- Awaiting orders. |
| Included Work | Englander, Nathan What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank. |
| Included Work | Otsuka, Julie, 1962- Diem perdidi. |
| Included Work | Saunders, George, 1958- Semplica-girl diaries. |
| Included Work | Groff, Lauren At the round Earth's imagined corners. |
| Variant title |
One hundred years of the best American short stories |
| Series |
Best American short stories
Best American series. ^A787203
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| Contents |
1915-1920. The gay old dog / Edna Ferber -- 1920-1930. Brothers / Sherwood Anderson; My old man / Ernest Hemingway; Haircut / Ring Lardner -- 1930-1940. Babylon revisited / F. Scott Fitzgerald; The cracked looking-glass / Katherine Anne Porter; That will be fine / William Faulkner -- 1940-1950. Those are as brothers / Nancy Hale; The whole world knows / Eudora Welty; The enormous radio / John Cheever -- 1950-1960. I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen; Sonny's blues / James Baldwin; The conversion of the Jews / Philip Roth -- 1960-1970. Everything that rises must converge / Flannery O'Connor; Pigeon feathers / John Updike; Will you please be quiet, please? / Raymond Carver; By the river / Joyce Carol Oates -- 1970-1980. The school / Donald Barthelme; The conventional wisdom / Stanley Elkin -- 1980-1990. Friends / Grace Paley; Harmony of the world / Charles Baxter; Lawns / Mona Simpson; Communist / Richard Ford; Helping / Robert Stone; Displacement / David Wong Louie -- 1990-2000. Friend of my youth / Alice Munro; The girl on the plane / Mary Gaitskill; Xuela / Jamaica Kincaid; If you sing like that for me / Akhil Sharma; Fiesta, 1980 / Junot Díaz -- 2000-2010. The third and final continent / Jhumpa Lahiri; Brownies / ZZ Packer; What you pawn I will redeem / Sherman Alexie; Old boys, old girls / Edward P. Jones; Refresh, refresh / Benjamin Percy; Awaiting orders / Tobias Wolff -- 2010-2015. What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank / Nathan Englander; Diem perdidi / Julie Otsuka; The semplica-girl diaries / George Saunders; At the round Earth's imagined corners / Lauren Groff. |
| Abstract |
Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time. |
| General note | Published for the centennial celebration of the annual, Best American short stories. |
| Related Item | Companion monograph to volume for 2015: Best American short stories (Boston, Mass. : 1978) 0067-6233 |
| ISBN | 9780547485850 (hardback) : |
| ISBN | 0547485859 (hardback) : |
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