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The Ecco Anthology Of Contemporary American Short Fiction (2008)

by Joyce Carol Oates(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061661589 (ISBN13: 9780061661587)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: Wonderfully written short stories. Lovers of contemporary American short fiction and aspiring writers will love the ones in this book. I used this book for my Creative Writing: Fiction class last year and I really enjoyed examining different authors writing styles. The stories I read for my class were great and helped me in writing some of my own work, drafting out plots, and creating characters. The stories in this book are some of the most masterful pieces of short fiction I have ever read.
review 2: I like anthologies: their heft and their variety. For the most part, I like this anthology; among my favorite selections are E.L. Doctorow's "A House on the Plains," William Gay's "The Paperhanger," and Joyce Carol Oates' "Landfill" (which one should not read bef... moreore bed, as I did, should one want to avoid nightmares of being killed in a trash compacter). A few selections puzzled me - the stories selected to represent Amy Hempel, Lydia Davis, Lorrie Moore, and Aimee Bender are not what I consider these authors' best works: not by a long shot. But, on the whole, a solid collection. less

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