The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction

by Lex Williford, Michael Martone

The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories since 1970.

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.

Contributors include Russell Banks, Donald Barthelme, Rick Bass, Richard Bausch, Charles Baxter, Amy Bloom, T.C. Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Peter Ho Davies, Janet Desaulniers, Junot Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Richard Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, A.M. Homes, Mary Hood, Denis Johnson, Edward P. Jones, Thom Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, David Leavitt, Kelly Link, Reginald McKnight, David Means, Susan Minot , Rick Moody, Bharati Mukherjee, Antonya Nelson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim O’Brien, Daniel Orozco, Julie Orringer, ZZ Packer, Annie Proulx, Stacey Richter, George Saunders, Joan Silber, Leslie Marmon Silko, Susan Sontag, Amy Tan, Melanie Rae Thon, Alice Walker, and Steve Yarbrough.

Genres: Short Stories

Paperback

Published December 4, 2007

Reviews

[Anneloes Sipkema · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very solid anthology of short stories, with some better than others. Some of my favorites were How Far She Went by Mary Hood, A Real Doll by A.M. Homes, Lust by Susan Minot, Orientation by Daniel Orozco, and Sea Oak by George Saunders.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love these selections! I use this as text for my fiction writing class I teach. Some favorites: "We Didn't," "Lust," "Boys," "Girl," "Nilda," and so many others!

[Brenden Gallagher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well put together but I'm not sure how I can rate an anthology five stars, you know? Like I don't think this one is particularly better than other ones I've had. But its good. Does the job!