The Best American Short Stories 1993
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The Best American Short Stories 1993, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Katrina Kennison and by guest editor Louise Erdrich.
Short stories included
| Author | Story | Source |
| John Updike John Updike John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.... |
"Playing with Dynamite" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Mary Gaitskill Mary Gaitskill Mary Gaitskill is an American author of essays, short stories and novels. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories , and The O. Henry Prize Stories .-Life:Gaitskill was born in Lexington, Kentucky... |
'The Girl on the Plane" | Mirabella Mirabella Mirabella was a women's magazine published from 1989 to 2000. It was created by and named for Grace Mirabella, a former Vogue editor in chief.... |
| Alice Munro Alice Munro Alice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize... |
"A Real Life" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Larry Woiwode Larry Woiwode Larry Alfred Woiwode is an American writer who lives in North Dakota, where he has been the state's Poet Laureate since 1995. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Gentleman's Quarterly, The Partisan Review and The Paris Review... |
"Silent Passengers" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Alice Fulton Alice Fulton Alice Fulton is an American author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.- Biography :Fulton was born and raised in Troy, New York, the youngest of three daughters. Her father was the proprietor of the historic Phoenix Hotel, and her mother was a visiting nurse. She began writing poetry in high school... |
"Queen Wintergreen" | TriQuarterly TriQuarterly TriQuarterly Online is a not-for-profit American literary magazine published twice a year at Northwestern University that features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, literary essays, reviews, a blog, and graphic art.... |
| Harlan Ellison Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media... |
"The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore" | Omni Omni (magazine) OMNI was a science and science fiction magazine published in the US and the UK. It contained articles on science fact and short works of science fiction... |
| Jane Shapiro | "Poltergeists" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Susan Power Susan Power Susan Power is a Standing Rock Sioux author from Chicago. She earned her bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a JD from Harvard Law School... |
"Red Mocassions | Story Story (magazine) Story was a magazine founded in 1931 by journalist-editor Whit Burnett and his first wife, Martha Foley, in Vienna, Austria. Showcasing short stories by new authors, 67 copies of the debut issue were mimeographed in Vienna, and two years later, Story moved to New York City where Burnett and Foley... |
| Thom Jones Thom Jones Thom Jones is an American writer, primarily of short stories.-Biography:Jones was raised in Aurora, Illinois, and attended the University of Hawaii, where he played catcher on the baseball team... |
"I Want to Live!" | Harper's Magazine Harper's Magazine Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010... |
| Tony Earley Tony Earley Tony Earley is an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, but grew up in North Carolina. His stories are often set in North Carolina.... |
"Charlotte" | Harper's Magazine Harper's Magazine Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010... |
| Janet Peery Janet Peery Janet Peery is an American short story writer and novelist.-Life:Daughter of a teacher and a judge, the eldest of six children, Peery grew up in Kansas and Wisconsin. She held a series of odd jobs, waiting tables, working as a lifeguard and swimming instructor and as a hospital respiratory... |
"What the Thunder Said" | Black Warrior Review Black Warrior Review The Black Warrior Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1974 and based at the University of Alabama. Work appearing in BWR has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize collection, The Best American Short Stories , Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South. The Spring 1978 issue... |
| Antonya Nelson Antonya Nelson Antonya Nelson is an American author and teacher of creative writing who writes primarily short stories.-Life and education:Antonya Nelson was born January 6, 1961 in Wichita, Kansas.... |
"Naked Ladies" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Stephen Dixon | "Man, Woman, Boy" | Western Humanities Review |
| Andrea Lee Andrea Lee Andrea Lee is an American author of novels and memoirs. Her stories are often international in setting and deal with questions of racial and national identity, as well as collisions between cultures. Lee grew up in Philadelphia... |
"Winter Barley" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Joanna Scott Joanna Scott Joanna Scott is an American author and Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English at the University of Rochester.Scott has received critical acclaim for her novels... |
"Concerning Mold Upon the Skin, Etc." | Anteaus |
| Wendell Berry Wendell Berry Wendell Berry is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He is a prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays... |
"Pray Without Ceasing" | The Southern Review |
| Kim Edwards Kim Edwards Kim Edwards is an American author and educator. Her first novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter , is a New York Times Bestseller, and was honored with the Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award at the 2008 British Book Awards.... |
"Gold" | Anteaus |
| Diane Johnson Diane Johnson Diane Johnson is an American-born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living abroad in contemporary France.... |
"Great Barrier Reef" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Lorrie Moore Lorrie Moore Lorrie Moore is an American fiction writer known mainly for her humorous and poignant short stories.-Biography:... |
"Terrific Mother" | The Paris Review |
| Mary Gordon | "The Important Houses" | The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |