Please sign in to WorldCat

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.

Home

WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help Get E-mail Updates Feedback WorldCat Blog

Search

Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library

Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or

Cite/Export

Cite/Export

Copy a citation

APA

Chicago (Author-Date)

Harvard

MLA

Turabian

Export a citation
Export to RefWorks Export to EndNote Cancel
Note: Citations are based on reference standards. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied.
Print
E-mail

E-mail

All fields are required.

The E-mail Address(es) field is required. Please enter recipient e-mail address(es).

The E-mail Address(es) you entered is(are) not in a valid format. Please re-enter recipient e-mail address(es).

You may send this item to up to five recipients.
Enter recipient e-mail address(es): Separate up to five addresses with commas (,)
The name field is required. Please enter your name.
Enter your name:
Your e-mail address is required. Please enter your e-mail address.

Your e-mail address you entered is not in a valid format. Please re-enter your e-mail address.
Enter your e-mail address: Subject:
The E-mail message field is required. Please enter the message.
E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33389905 Title: The best American short stories, 1995 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines Author: Jane Smiley; Katrina Kenison Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995. ISBN/ISSN: 0395711800 : 9780395711804 0395711797 9780395711798 OCLC:33389905

The ReCaptcha terms you entered were incorrect. Please try to match the 2 words shown in the window, or try the audio version.

Cancel
Share
Permalink

Permalink

Copy this URL to link to this page:

Write a review
Rate this item:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5

The best American short stories, 1995 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines

Preview this item

The best American short stories, 1995 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines

Author:	Jane Smiley; Katrina Kenison
Publisher:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
Edition/Format:	Book : Fiction : English
Summary:	The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.
Rating:

Borrow / obtain a copy

Find a copy in the library

Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Material Type:	Fiction
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Jane Smiley; Katrina Kenison Find more information about:
ISBN:	0395711800 : 9780395711804 0395711797 9780395711798
OCLC Number:	33389905
Description:	xviii, 366 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:	Foreword -- Introduction / Jane Smiley -- Orientation / Daniel Orozco -- Way down deep in the jungle / Thom Jones -- The stucco house / Ellen Gilchrist -- A night's work / Jaimy Gordon -- Pity / Avner Mandelman -- Leg / Steven Polansky -- The ugliest house in the world / Peter Ho Davies -- Birthmates / Gish Jen -- The drownings / Edward J. Delaney -- Honored guest / Joy Williams -- The behavior of the hawkweeds / Andrea Barrett -- Hand jive / Andrew Cozine -- So I guess you know what I told him / Stephen Doybyns -- Undertow / Jennifer C. Cornell -- Pagan night / Kate Braverman -- First, body / Melaine Rae Thon -- The Angel Esmeralda / Don DeLillo -- The artist / Edward Falco -- Chiromancy / Max Garland -- Xuela / Jamaica Kincaid -- Contributors' notes -- 100 other distinguished stories of 1994 -- Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.
Responsibility:	by Jane Smiley with Katrina Kenison ; with an introduction by Jane Smiley.

Abstract:

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected, and most popular, of its kind.

You:	Sign In \| Register \| My WorldCat \| My Lists \| My Watchlist \| My Reviews \| My Tags \| My Saved Searches
WorldCat:	Home \| About \| Help \| Get E-mail Updates \| Feedback \| Search \| WorldCat Blog

More like this

Subjects

Similar Items