The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970
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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970
Selected from a survey of more than 200 English professors, award-winning short-story writers, novelists, and fiction workshop directors, a remarkable collection of North American literature written since 1970.
Sherman Alexie · Margaret Atwood · Toni Cade Bambara · Russell Banks · John Barth · Donald Barthelme · Rick Bass · Richard Bausch · Charles Baxter · Madison Smartt Bell · Amy Bloom · Kate Braverman · Robert Olen Butler · Ethan Canin · Raymond Carver · Sandra Cisneros · Michael Cunningham · Junot Diaz · Stuart Dybek · Tony Earley · Louise Erdrich · Richard Ford · David Gates · Tim Gautreaux · Ron Hansen · Amy Hempel · Denis Johnson · Edward P. Jones · Thom Jones · David Michael Kaplan · Janet Kaufman · Jamaica Kincaid · David Leavitt · Reginald McKnight · Lorrie Moore · Bharati Mukherjee · Alice Munro · Joyce Carol Oates · Tim O'Brien · Cynthia Ozick · Annie Proulx · Mark Richard · Lee Smith · Susan Sontag · Amy Tan · Melanie Rae Thon · Stephanie Vaughn · Alice Walker · John Edgar Wideman · Joy Williams
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A depressing collection:
I had to read a bunch of stories out of this book for a college course. Most of the stories are super depressing. I guess that reflects on American society, but I can only take so much. It's like watching the news, but more literary.
This is a Terrific Collection:
For years I have been buying _Best American Short Stories_ and have oftened wondered how some of the stories have earned their spots in the book. Finally, I bought this _Scribner's_ collection and have a collection that is worth reading. Althought I don't like every story in the book, I'm finding that about two-thirds of them are truly excellent. Someday when I teach creative writing again, I will use this collection as a textbook. The real benefit that this book provides is the opportunity to read some of... more info
Buy it for all your writer friends!:
I was asked to read this book for a course on teaching creative writing. This is the book for teachers who believe students can learn to write quality literature by reading quality literature. Moreover, for teachers who read closely, each story can teach a lesson. Once these techniques have been discussed and discovered, students/writers can try them for themselves. The students are "learning to dissect without murdering." Even if you're not teaching, though, this is an amazing collection of stories.... more info
Amazing.:
It's difficult to review a book with fifthy authors and their short stories. But I can tell you this: I read a lot of anthologies and usualy only a few stories are really good. In this Scribner Anthology however every single story is outstanding and to me that's extraordinary. Let me give you the list of the authors and their stories:
Alexie, Sherman:
This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona.
Atwood, Margaret: Death by Landscape
Bambara, Toni Cade: Raymond's Run.
Banks,... more info
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