Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The canal / Richard Yates -- The English pupil / Andrea Barrett -- Fish / Jill McCorkle -- The good doctor / Adam Haslett -- Great day / David Malouf -- Immortality / Yiyun Li -- Last courtesies / Ella Leffland -- Meeting Mrinal / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Melon / Julian Barnes -- The middleman / Bharati Mukherjee -- The necessary grace to fall / Gina Ochsner -- Paris 1991 / Kate Walbert -- Someone to talk to / Deborah Eisenberg -- What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence / John Edgar Wideman.
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Literature-- History and criticism.
Short stories-- 19th century.
Short stories-- 20th century.
Short stories, American-- 19th century.
Short stories, American-- 20th century.
Short story-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- United States.
Short story-- Study and teaching (Secondary)-- United States.