Ms. magazine has collected here for the first time fifteen superb short stories chosen from those it has been publishing since 1972. Written by both established authors and promising new writers, these stories are brilliant examples of the art of fiction in its most concentrated form.
(from back cover)
contents:
Bodies - Hilma Wolitzer Life Without Martin - Jane Shapiro Not A Very Nice Story - Doris Lessing Louise's Brownies - Lynda Schor Advancing Luna--And Ida B. Wells - Alice Walker Ice Flowers - Joyce Thompson The Green Woman - Meghan B. Collins Krueva And The Pony - Sally Gearhart Requiem For Willie Lee - Frenchy Hodges The Right Thing - Fanny Howe The Thorn - Mary Gordon Betty - Margaret Atwood The Quiet Woman - Mary Heaton Vorse The Barking - Ingeborg Bachmann A Success Story - Margaret Drabble
Full title: Fine Lines: The Best of Ms. Fiction, ed. Ruth Sullivan. This is a book of stories, some by very famous authors, originally published in Ms. Magazine. A great intro to feminist authors and subjects, if a bit dated in places.