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Summary: I want more volumes like this
Review: I didn't want this book to end; the stories were so enjoyable. Some were so intense I had to reread them immediately. I would love to take a writing course to try emulating them or using them as inspiration. One complaint: like many of these anthologies the editors don't give a hint of what to expect. Stories are ordered alphabetically by author's last name, but curiously each leads to the next. This volume is much better than ones that try to pick the best story (or stories) of the year and more enlightening than single author collections.
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Summary: A Treasure Chest Of Short Fiction
Review: I was introduced to this anthology in a writing course. While compulsory reading is seldom as enjoyable as elective reading, I found myself returning to this collection of short stories long after the course ended. Stuart Dybek's "Pet Milk", a warm and rich introspection on the transition from childhood to adulthood, got me hooked and I soon read every story in this collection. Anyone who enjoys good writing but struggles to find time to read, or who appreciates finely crafted short fiction will enjoy these short but interesting stories. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Amazing.
Review: 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, Russell: Sarah Cole:A Type of Love Story.
Barth, John: Click.
Barthelme, Donald: The School.
Bass, Rick: Wild Horses.
Bausch, Richard: The Man Who Knew Belle Starr.
Baxter, Charles: Gryphon.
Bell, Madison Smartt: Customs of the Country.
Bloom, Amy: Silver Water.
Braverman, Kate: Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta.
Butler, Robert Olen: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain.
Canin, Ethan: The Year of Getting to Know Us.
Carver, Raymond: Errand.
Cisneros, Sandra: Woman Hollering Creek.
Cunningham, Michael: White Angel.
Diaz, Junot: Fiesta 1980.
Dybek, Stuart: Pet Milk.
Earley,Tony: The Prophet from Jupiter.
Erdrich, Louise: Saint Marie.
Ford, Richard: Rock Springs.
Gates, David: The Mail Lady.
Gautreaux, Tim: Same Place, Same Things.
Hansen, Ron: Nebraska.
Hempel, Amy: In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried.
Johnson, Denis: Emergency.
Jones, Edward P.: Marie.
Jones, Thom: Cold Snap.
Kaplan, David Michael: Doe Season.
Kauffman, Janet: Patriotic.
Kincaid, Jamaica: Girl.Leavitt, David: Territory.
McKnight, Reginald: The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas.
Moore, Lorrie: You're Ugly, Too.
Mukherjee, Bharati: The Management of Grief.
Munro, Alice: Meneseteung.
Oates, Joyce Carol: Ghost Girls.
O'Brien, Tim: The Things They Carried.
Ozick, Cynthia: The Shawl.
Proulx, Annie: Brokeback Mountain.
Richard, Mark: Strays.
Smith, Lee: Intensive Care.
Sontag, Susan: The Way We Live Now.
Tan Amy: Two Kinds.
Thon, Melanie Rae: First, Body.
Vaughn, Stephanie: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.
Walker, Alice: Nineteen Fifty-Five.
Wideman, John Edgar: Fever.
Williams, Joy: Taking Care.
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Summary: An excellent collection
Review: This is a wonderful selection of contemporary short fiction featuring a variety of authors and points of view and a great diversity of subject matter. Stories deal with such varied topics as homosexuality, the Holocaust, Native American mysticism and small time crooks. Women writers are well represented. This collection features some very different choices, including a ghost story from Joyce Carol Oates.
This collection will prove an invaluable resource for budding writers and literature majors alike. This would also be a great primer for someone unfamiliar with the most contemporary short fiction.
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