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The Ecco anthology of contemporary American short fiction / selected by Joyce Carol Oates and Christopher R. Beha.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Ecco/HarperPerennial, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 759 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0061661589
  • 9780061661587
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Contents:
The toughest Indian in the world / Sherman Alexie -- Lobster night / Russell Banks -- The hermit's story / Rick Bass -- 1-900 / Richard Bausch -- Poor devil / Charles Baxter -- Lavande / Ann Beattie -- Off / Aimee Bender -- Mercy / Pinckney Benedict -- The love of my life / T.C. Boyle -- The identity club / Richard Burgin -- Son of the wolfman / Michael Chabon -- Night women / Edwidge Danticat -- Television / Lydia Davis -- Aurora / Junot Díaz -- A house on the Plains / E.L. Doctorow -- Death of the right fielder / Stuart Dybek -- The girl who left her sock on the floor / Deborah Eisenberg -- Disaster stamps of Pluto / Louise Erdrich -- Reunion / Richard Ford -- Rêve haitien / Ben Fountain -- The girl on the plane / Mary Gaitskill -- The paperhanger / William Gay -- City visit / Adam Haslett -- To those of you who missed your connecting flights out of O'Hare / Amy Hempel -- Emergency / Denis Johnson -- Double exposure / Greg Johnson -- Old boys, old girls / Edward P. Jones -- Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine / Matthew Klam -- Baboons / Sheila Kohler -- Once in a lifetime / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Some terpsichore / Elizabeth McCracken -- Cowboy / Thomas McGuane -- Sault Ste. Marie / David Means -- Ranch girl / Maile Meloy -- The new automaton theater / Steven Millhauser -- Paper losses / Lorrie Moore -- Stitches / Antonya Nelson -- Landfill / Joyce Carol Oates -- On the rainy river / Tim O'Brien -- The escort / Chuck Palahniuk -- People in Hell just want a drink of water / Annie Proulx -- The red bow / George Saunders -- Leslie and Sam / Douglas Unger -- The brown chest / John Updike -- Incarnations of burned children / David Foster Wallace -- Cinnamon skin / Edmund White -- Who invented the jump shot / John Edgar Wideman -- Bullet in the brain / Tobias Wolff.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 808.83 E17 Available 33111005545245
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A definitive collection of the very best short stories by contemporary American masters

Edited by Joyce Carol Oates, "the living master of the short story" (Buffalo News), and Christopher R. Beha, this volume provides an important overview of the contemporary short story and a selection of the very best that American short fiction has to offer.

The toughest Indian in the world / Sherman Alexie -- Lobster night / Russell Banks -- The hermit's story / Rick Bass -- 1-900 / Richard Bausch -- Poor devil / Charles Baxter -- Lavande / Ann Beattie -- Off / Aimee Bender -- Mercy / Pinckney Benedict -- The love of my life / T.C. Boyle -- The identity club / Richard Burgin -- Son of the wolfman / Michael Chabon -- Night women / Edwidge Danticat -- Television / Lydia Davis -- Aurora / Junot Díaz -- A house on the Plains / E.L. Doctorow -- Death of the right fielder / Stuart Dybek -- The girl who left her sock on the floor / Deborah Eisenberg -- Disaster stamps of Pluto / Louise Erdrich -- Reunion / Richard Ford -- Rêve haitien / Ben Fountain -- The girl on the plane / Mary Gaitskill -- The paperhanger / William Gay -- City visit / Adam Haslett -- To those of you who missed your connecting flights out of O'Hare / Amy Hempel -- Emergency / Denis Johnson -- Double exposure / Greg Johnson -- Old boys, old girls / Edward P. Jones -- Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine / Matthew Klam -- Baboons / Sheila Kohler -- Once in a lifetime / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Some terpsichore / Elizabeth McCracken -- Cowboy / Thomas McGuane -- Sault Ste. Marie / David Means -- Ranch girl / Maile Meloy -- The new automaton theater / Steven Millhauser -- Paper losses / Lorrie Moore -- Stitches / Antonya Nelson -- Landfill / Joyce Carol Oates -- On the rainy river / Tim O'Brien -- The escort / Chuck Palahniuk -- People in Hell just want a drink of water / Annie Proulx -- The red bow / George Saunders -- Leslie and Sam / Douglas Unger -- The brown chest / John Updike -- Incarnations of burned children / David Foster Wallace -- Cinnamon skin / Edmund White -- Who invented the jump shot / John Edgar Wideman -- Bullet in the brain / Tobias Wolff.

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