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The Best American Short Stories 1983

by Anne Tyler (Editor), Shannon Ravenel (Series Editor)

Other authors: Bill Barich (Contributor), Carol Bly (Contributor), James Bond (Contributor), Raymond Carver (Contributor), Carolyn Chute (Contributor) — 14 more, Laurie Colwin (Contributor), Joseph Epstein (Contributor), Louise Erdrich (Contributor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor), Bobbie Ann Mason (Contributor), Wright Morris (Contributor), Julie Schumacher (Contributor), Sharon Sheehe Stark (Contributor), Robert Taylor Jr (Contributor), Marian Thurm (Contributor), John Updike (Contributor), Guy Vanderhaeghe (Contributor), Diane Vreuls (Contributor), Larry Woiwode (Contributor)

Series: The Best American Short Stories (1983), Best American (1983)

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Tyler, AnneEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ravenel, ShannonSeries Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Barich, BillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bly, CarolContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bond, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Carver, RaymondContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chute, CarolynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Colwin, LaurieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Epstein, JosephContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Erdrich, LouiseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Le Guin, Ursula K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mason, Bobbie AnnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Morris, WrightContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schumacher, JulieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stark, Sharon SheeheContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Taylor Jr, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thurm, MarianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Updike, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Vanderhaeghe, GuyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Woiwode, LarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Anthology contains:
  • Hard to be Good / Bill Barich
  • The Dignity of Life / Carol Bly
  • A Change of Season / James Bond
  • Where I'm Calling From / Raymond Carver
  • "Ollie, oh ..." / Carolyn Chute
  • My Mistress / Laurie Colwin
  • The Count and the Princess / Joseph Epstein
  • Scales / Louise Erdrich
  • The Professor's Houses / Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Sur / Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Graveyard Day / Bobbie Ann Mason
  • Victrola / Wright Morris
  • Reunion / Julie Schumacher
  • Best Quality Glass Company, New York / Sharon Sheehe Stark
  • Colorado / Robert Taylor, Jr.
  • Starlight / Marian Thurm
  • Deaths of Distant Friends / John Updike
  • Reunion / Guy Vanderhaeghe
  • Beebee / Diane Vreuls
  • Firstborn / Larry Woiwode
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813.01Literature › English (North America) › American fiction › By type › Short fiction

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PS648.S5Language and Literature › American literature › American literature › Collections of American literature › Prose (General)

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