The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction

The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction

CONTENTS Preface Joyce Carol Oates ix The Toughest Indian in the World Sherman Alexie 1 Lobster Night Russell Banks 15 The Hermit's Story Rick Bass 37 1-900 Richard Bausch 53 Poor Devil Charles Baxter 75 Lavande Ann Beattie 91 Off Aimee Bender 107 Mercy Pinckney Benedict 119 VI CONTENTS The Love of My Life T. C. Boyle 133 The Identity Club Richard Burgin 153 Son of the Wolf man Michael Chabon 173 Night Women Edwidge Danticat 203 Television Lydia Davis 209 Aurora Junot Diaz 213 A House on the Plains E. L. Doctorow 227 Death of the Right Fielder Stuart Dybek 253 The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor Deborah Eisenberg 257 Disaster Stamps of Pluto Louise Erdrich 281 Reunion Richard Ford • 297 Reve Haitien Ben Fountain 307 The Girl on the Plane Mary Gaitskill 325 The Paperhanger William Gay 343 CONTENTS VII City Visit Adam Haslett 363 To Those of You Who Missed Your Connecting Flights OutofO'Hare Amy Hempel 379 Emergency Denis Johnson 383 Double Exposure Greg Johnson 397 Old Boys, Old Girls Edward P. Jones 417 Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine Matthew Klam 445 Baboons Sheila Kohler 471 Once in a Lifetime Jhumpa Lahiri 483 Some Terpsichore Elizabeth McCracken 511 Cowboy Thomas McGuane 525 Sault Ste. Marie David Means 537 Ranch Girl Maiie Meloy 551 The New Automaton Theater Steven Millhauser 559 Viii CONTENTS Paper Losses Lorrie Moore 579 Stitches Antonya Nelson 591 Landfill Joyce Carol Oates 607 On the Rainy River Tim O'Brien 629 Escort Chuck Palahniuk 647 People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water Annie Proulx 651 The Red Bow George Saunders 669 Leslie and Sam Douglas Unger 681 The Brown Chest John Updike 697 Incarnations of Burned Children David Foster Wallace 705 Cinnamon Skin Edmund White 709 Who Invented the Jump Shot John Edgar Wideman 727 Bullet in the Brain Tobias Wolff 749.

View Full Text

Details

  • File Type
    pdf
  • Upload Time
    -
  • Content Languages
    English
  • Upload User
    Anonymous/Not logged-in
  • File Pages
    4 Page
  • File Size
    -

Download

Channel Download Status
Express Download Enable

Copyright

We respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of all users. All uploaded documents are either original works of the uploader or authorized works of the rightful owners.

  • Not to be reproduced or distributed without explicit permission.
  • Not used for commercial purposes outside of approved use cases.
  • Not used to infringe on the rights of the original creators.
  • If you believe any content infringes your copyright, please contact us immediately.

Support

For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, please contact us