American Short Story Masterpieces

American Short Story MasterpiecesBy: This highly acclaimed collection of short stories by American writers contains only the best literary art of the past four decades. Editors Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks have selected fiction that tells a storyand tells it with a masterful handling of language, situation, and insight. But what is so special about this volume is that it mirrors our age, our concerns, and our lives. Whether its the end of a marriage, as in Bobbie Ann Mansons Shiloh,

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Cynical Evie might not believe in happily ever after

the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Pessoa: A Biography

along with the plates

Paw Paw Jimmy plays some zydeco for him

never had an ice cream cone

goes out for nightly runs

soon to be baked and gratefully shared at a Shabbat gathering with loved ones

This is the fascinating biography of a writer whose life and work encapsulated what it meant to be an addict and a closeted homosexual in mid-century America

fun hobbies

and Mishima