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Larry Dark (Editor)
An Anchor Original
The 80th anniversary edition of “the nation’s most prestigious awards for the short story.”–The Atlantic Monthly Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award the top prizes. The result is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and Canadian fiction.
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An Anchor Original
The 80th anniversary edition of “the nation’s most prestigious awards for the short story.”–“The Atlantic Monthly
Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award the top prizes. The result is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and Canadian fiction.
Author Biography
Larry Dark is the editor of four other anthologies,
Literary Outtakes,
The Literary Ghost,
The Literary Lover, and
The Literary Traveler. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Michael Cunningham is the author, most recently, of
The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in New York City. Pam Houston is the author of
Cowboys Are My Business and
Waltzing the Cat. She teaches at the University of California, Davis and lives in Colorado. George Saunders is the author
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and
Pastoralia.
Number of Pages: 432Dimensions: 1.13 x 8.5 x 5.58 INPublication Date: September 12, 2000
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