A.P. Literature ~ Project Mr. Bills

Welcome to the library! For this task, we have several sources for you to use. Our Story Collection is located by the main library doors. Story collections are books of collected stories either by author (example, SC KIN for a book of short stories by Stephen King) or by theme (Best American Science Fiction, Gothic tales, crime stories). We’ve pulled some for you; feel free to take a look.

To find an author or short story of literary merit: Using the online catalog: Do an author search in the catalog.

Ex. hemingway, ernest Look for the title of the short story or titles like "Collected Works," "Complete Works," or "Selected Works." Some records will list the stories contained in the collection. Another way to locate short stories is to see if they are part of an anthology or other collection. Try a keyword in the online catalog Ex. edgar allan poe AND stories tell tale heart Using Online Sources: Databases: Poetry and Short Story Center– search by author or title. Icons help you easily identify the type of result (short story, review, academic journal, periodical, book, etc.). Read the short description in the result to determine if it works for your search, i.e. is a short story to read). Literary Reference Center- search by author or short story titles. Results may be Books, Reviews, Academic Journals, or Periodicals. For short stories published in magazines, you want to take a close look at the results labeled Periodicals. Reminder – username and passwords are required to access from home (U = lcpsh, PW = high) Websites: The New Yorker – use the search box (upper right); also use the Archive link The Atlantic – search for story or author

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Harper’s - Be sure your results are identified as Fiction for this project as Harper’s has Articles, Essays, Stories, etc. that are not short stories. Scroll down and download or print PDF. Common Lit – website with a variety of works (news articles, essays, drama, short stories, etc.) organized by theme and grade recommendation. Not the easiest to search for living author. You will need to skim to find short stories.

Print Sources: WE have many Short Story Collections in the library. The anthologies of works are organized in a variety of ways: author, country/heritage, topic/themes, and dates. If you like scary stories, there are collections of those. Like sports writing? We have short story collections for those too. The librarians will have some books pulled for you; check the Story Collection shelves for additional titles. We also have back copies of The New Yorker available for you to check out, copy, or read. Use the table of contents to find “Fiction.”

Not sure if an author is alive? Try these reliable sources: Author’s official webpage or publisher’s webpage, Biography.com, or Biography in Context.

Wikipeida may be reliable, but I have found that recent deaths have sometimes not yet been reflected in the entries.

If you need sources for your analysis, try these: Short Stories for Students REF 809.3 SHO (multiple volumes) Short Story Criticism REF 809.3 SHO Literary Reference Center – online database You can also use the online catalog to search for criticism books about your author.

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Some living short story authors: Jhumpa Lahiri Sandra Cisneros Amy Tan Margaret Atwood Elizabeth Tallent Kazuo Ishiguro Mary Hood Jamaica Kincaid Bobbie Ann Mason Alice Munro (1931) Tim O’Brien Joyce Carol Oates T. Coraghessan Boyle Leslie Marmon Silko Ursula Le Guin (1929) Isabel Allende Joy Williams Dianna Wynne Jones Jerry Spinelli Ron Koertge Joseph Bruchac Lorrie Moore Mark Helprin Neil Gaiman Jeffrey Deaver Julia Alvarez Ann Beattie Bharati Mukherjee Jayne Anne Phillips Ernest Gaines (1933) Lily Tuck (1938) Joan Silber Rick Bass Junot Diaz Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Stephen Dobyns Nathan Englander Tim Gautreaux George Harrar A. Hemon Pam Houston Heidi Julavits Hester Kaplan Sheila Kohler Gary Paulsen Steve Yarbrough Louise Erdich Amy Bloom David Leavitt Ann Beattie Kate Braverman Madison Smartt Bell Edward P. Jones Sharyn Layfield Lee Smith Yann Martel Scott Westerfeld Garth Nix Margo Lanagan Sherman Alexie T.C. Boyle

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