The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction: Shorter Eighth Edition

by Richard Bausch (Editor)

One of the most celebrated writers and teachers of fiction, Richard Bausch, pairs his insight and inspiration with Norton’s trusted editorial standards to deliver the finest teaching anthology available. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction , Shorter Edition features 73 works―many of them new to this edition―by 69 authors, offering a broad collection of short stories with the most thoughtful annotations and apparatus on the market. With a new “Authors in Depth” feature, an extensive Reviews and Commentaries section, and expanded coverage of Writers on Writing, the Shorter Eighth Edition provides a wealth of criticism of key works and authors, as well as the opportunity to look deeper into the craft of fiction.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Literature, Anthologies, Textbooks, Literary Fiction, Classics

996 pages, Paperback

Published February 18, 2015

About the author

An acknowledged master of the short story form, Richard Bausch's work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Harper's, The New Yorker, Narrative, Gentleman's Quarterly. Playboy, The Southern Review, New Stories From the South, The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Stories, and The Pushcart Prize Stories; and they have been widely anthologized, including The Granta Book of the American Short Story and The Vintage Book of the Contemporary American Short Story.

Richard Bausch is the author of eleven novels and eight collections of stories, including the novels Rebel Powers, Violence, Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America And All The Ships At Sea, In The Night Season, Hello To The Cannibals, Thanksgiving Night, and Peace; and the story collections Spirits, The Fireman's Wife, Rare & Endangered Species, Someone To Watch Over Me, The Stories of Richard Bausch, Wives & Lovers, and most recently released Something Is Out There. His novel The Last Good Time was made into a feature-length film.

He has won two National Magazine Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lila-Wallace Reader's Digest Fund Writer's Award, the Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The 2004 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story and the 2013 John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence . He has been a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers since 1996. In 1999 he signed on as co-editor, with RV Cassill, of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction; since Cassill's passing in 2002, Bausch is the sole editor of that prestigious anthology. Richard Bausch teaches Creative Writing at Chapman University in Southern California

Reviews

[Hafeez · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a sampling!

[Laurel · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great overview of one of my favorite genres: the short story. i think it's a necessary addition to your book collection.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

en211 fiction (boshoff)

[Ellis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gak, I am all short story collection-ed out.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

one of my fave anthologies

[Albie]

Norton Anthology of Short Fiction: Sixth Edition (2000)

[Carlos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-reading Amy Tan's Rules of the Game. Loved this short, the first time I read it, now I don't remember why it affected me so much. Maybe it was just pertinent for the time.

[Rafael Sanchez · Rating 4 out of 5]

good stories, but this version seems incomplete. will use longer version next semester.