| Description |
ix, 357 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents |
Your mother and I / Dave Eggers -- The ballad of Duane Jaurez / Tom Franklin -- In the American society / Gish Jen -- Gogol / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Refresh, refresh / Benjamin Percy -- Smorgasbord / Tobias Wolfe -- How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie) / Junot Diaz -- In the cemetary where Al Jolson is buried / Amy Hempel -- Metamorphosis / John Updike -- Think / David Foster Wallace -- Expensive trips nowhere / Tom Bissell -- Near-extinct birds of the central Cordillera / Ben Fountain -- Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason -- COMMCOMM / George Saunders -- Mines / Susan Straight -- Skinless / Aimee Bender -- View from a headlock / Jonathan Lethem -- Brownies / Zz Packer -- Pie of the month / Jean Thompson -- A day / Charles Bukowski -- Scales / Louise Erdrich -- Something that needs nothing / Miranda July -- Equal opportunity / Walter Mosley -- The passenger / Marisa Silver. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- 21st century.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Wendy, 1940-
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Tichi, Cecelia, 1942-
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| ISBN |
9780814796276 (cl : alk. paper) |
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0814796273 (cl : alk. paper) |
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9780814796283 (pb : alk. paper) : $24.00 |
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0814796281 (pb : alk. paper) |
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