Contemporary Fiction 50 Short Stories Since 1970 by David Michael Kaplan, Reginald McKnight, John Edgar Wideman, Alice Walker, Kate Braverman, Amy Tan, Bharati Mukherjee, Madison Smartt Bell, Rick Bass, Tony Earley, Melanie Rae Thon, Annie Proulx, Ron Hansen, Charles Baxter, Stuart Dybek, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim Gautreaux, Sandra Cisneros, Stephanie Vaughn, Amy Hempel, Ethan Canin, Mark Richard, Lex Williford, Toni Cade Bambara, Richard Ford, Tim O'Brien, David Leavitt, Russell Banks, Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Amy Bloom, Margaret Atwood, Michael Cunningham, Lee Smith, Donald Barthelme, Edward P. Jones, John Barth, Raymond Carver, Susan Sontag, Michael Martone, Denis Johnson, Robert Olen Butler, Janet Kauffman, Thom Jones, Louise Erdrich, Richard Bausch, Cynthia Ozick, Junot Díaz, Jamaica Kincaid, Sherman Alexie, David Gates

Contemporary Fiction 50 Short Stories Since 1970

David Michael Kaplan, Reginald McKnight, John Edgar Wideman, Alice Walker, Kate Braverman, Amy Tan, Bharati Mukherjee, Madison Smartt Bell, Rick Bass, Tony Earley, Melanie Rae Thon, Annie Proulx, Ron Hansen, Charles Baxter, Stuart Dybek, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim Gautreaux, Sandra Cisneros, Stephanie Vaughn, Amy Hempel, Ethan Canin, Mark Richard, Lex Williford, Toni Cade Bambara, Richard Ford, Tim O'Brien, David Leavitt, Russell Banks, Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, Amy Bloom, Margaret Atwood, Michael Cunningham, Lee Smith, Donald Barthelme, Edward P. Jones, John Barth, Raymond Carver, Susan Sontag, Michael Martone, Denis Johnson, Robert Olen Butler, Janet Kauffman, Thom Jones, Louise Erdrich, Richard Bausch, Cynthia Ozick, Junot Díaz, Jamaica Kincaid, Sherman Alexie, David Gates

671 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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"A remarkable collection of North American literature written since 1970" " ... stories chosen according to the results of a survey of more than two hundred literature professors, award-winning writers, and the directors of prestigious writing wor...

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informative 50%
lighthearted 50%
reflective 50%
relaxing 50%

Pace

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Plot- or character-driven?

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Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | N/A: 50%

Loveable characters?

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Diverse cast of characters?

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