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9781582344621

Gotham Writers' Workshop Fiction Gallery Exceptional Short Stories Selected by New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School

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    9781582344621

  • ISBN10:

    1582344620

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-08-21
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

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Summary

A collection of accessible and excellent short fiction is hand-picked by the country's most popular writing school. Each of the stories in "Fiction Gallery" will hold readers spellbound from first to last page, while also exemplifying the very best in literary fiction.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1(8)
STARTING OUT 9(50)
ANTON CHEKHOV
"A TRIFLE FROM LIFE"
11(6)
FRANK O'CONNOR
"FIRST CONFESSION"
17(8)
ZZ PACKER
"BROWNIES"
25(20)
PETER MARKUS
"WHAT THE RIVER TOLD US TO DO"
45(2)
MYLA GOLDBERG
"GOING FOR THE ORANGE JULIUS"
47(12)
LONGINGS 59(60)
CLAIRE DAVIS
"LABORS OF THE HEART"
61(17)
LOU MATHEWS
"CRAZY LIFE"
78(12)
PAM HOUSTON
"SOMETIMES YOU TALK ABOUT IDAHO
90(9)
T.C. BOYLE
"AFTER THE PLAGUE"
99(20)
THOSE WE KNOW 119(56)
DOROTHY PARKER
"HERE WE ARE"
121(9)
RAYMOND CARVER
"WHOEVER WAS USING THIS BED"
130(14)
ANTHONY DOERR
"FOR A LONG TIME THIS WAS GRISELDA'S STORY"
144(15)
HANNAH TINTI
"HOME SWEET HOME"
159(16)
THE JOB 175(68)
DANIEL OROZCO
"ORIENTATION"
177(6)
JOHN O'FARRELL
"WALKING INTO THE WIND"
183(18)
EDWIDGE DANTICAT
"NIGHT WOMEN"
201(4)
ETHAN CANIN
"THE PALACE THIEF"
205(38)
STRANGENESS 243(48)
JORGE LUIS BORGES
"THE BOOK OF SAND"
245(4)
CHARLES BAXTER
"THE NEXT BUILDING I PLAN TO BOMB"
249(7)
JESS ROW
"THE SECRETS OF BATS"
256(15)
JHUMPA LAHIRI
"THE THIRD AND FINAL CONTINENT"
271(20)
SUNSET 291(44)
JOHN CHEEVER
"THE SWIMMER"
293(12)
KATE CHOPIN
"THE STORY OF AN HOUR"
305(3)
THOM JONES
"I WANT TO LIVE!"
308(18)
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
"DR. HEIDEGGER'S EXPERIMENT"
326(9)
INTERVIEWS 335(18)
INTERVIEW WITH T.C. BOYLE
337(4)
INTERVIEW WITH JHUMPA LAHIRI
341(6)
INTERVIEW WITH HANNAH TINTI
347(6)
CREDITS 353(4)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 357

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