| Description |
xvii, 315 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction / Garrison Keillor -- Appetites / Kathryn Chetkovich -- The Blue Devils of Blue River Avenue / Poe Ballantine -- Body Language / Diane Schoemperlen -- Chance / Edith Pearlman -- Cosmopolitan / Akhil Sharma -- Elvis has left the building / Carol Anshaw -- Every night for a thousand years / Chris Adrian -- Flower children / Maxine Swann -- Glory goes and gets some / Emily Carter -- The half-skinned steer / Annie Proulx -- Morphine / Doran Larson -- Mr. Sweetly Indecent / Bliss Broyard -- My father on the verge of disgrace / John Updike -- Penance / Matthew Crain -- People like that are the only people here / Lorrie Moore -- Tea at the house / Meg Wolitzer -- Unified front / Antonya Nelson -- Wayne in love / Padgett Powell -- Welding with children / Tim Gautreaux -- Would you know it wasn't love / Hester Kaplan -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1997 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories. |
| Summary |
An anthology by various authors on a variety of subjects. Akhil Sharma's Cosmopolitan is a love affair between an American woman and an Indian immigrant, while Tim Gautreaux's Welding with Children is on a man caring for his grandchildren. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Short stories, Canadian.
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Short stories, Canadian. |
| Genre/Form |
Short stories, Canadian.
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| Subject |
Canadian fiction -- 20th century.
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Canadian fiction. |
| Added Author |
Keillor, Garrison.
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Kenison, Katrina.
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| ISBN |
0395875153 |
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9780395875155 |
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0395875145 paperback |
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9780395875148 paperback |
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