| The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 Contributor(s): Williford, Lex (Editor), Martone, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416532277 ISBN-13: 9781416532279 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2007 Annotation: More than 200 English professors, award-winning short-story writers, novelists, and fiction workshop directors were surveyed and asked to select the best literature written since 1970. The short stories included in this anthology represent the best short fiction of the past three decades. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007036319 |
| Series: Touchstone Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.60 lbs) 672 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists. |
Contributor Bio(s): Williford, Lex: - Lex Williford teaches in the bilingual writing program at the University of Texas, El Paso. He previously taught in the writing programs at Southern Illinois University and the University of Alabama. His collection of stories, Macauley's Thumb, was co-winner of the 1993 Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. He lives with his wife in El Paso, Texas.Martone, Michael: - Michael Martone has taught at Iowa State University, Harvard University, and Syracuse University. He is currently teaching at the University of Alabama, where he has directed the MFA Program in Creative Writing. Double-wide: Collected Fiction is his eighth book of stories. Racing in Place, his third book of nonfiction, will be published in 2008. He has edited six other volumes of prose including the Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction with Lex Williford. He lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. |