100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

Author: Lorrie Moore

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 753

ISBN-13: 0547485859

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Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time --


The Best American Short Stories of the Century

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

Author: John Updike

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 868

ISBN-13: 9780395843673

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Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly").


Bad Behavior

Bad Behavior

Author: Mary Gaitskill

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1451687079

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National Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill’s debut collection, Bad Behavior—powerful stories about dislocation, longing, and desire which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation that is searching for human connection. Now a classic, Bad Behavior made critical waves when it first published, heralding Gaitskill’s arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as one of the sharpest, erotically charged, and audaciously funny writing talents of contemporary literature. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called it “Pinteresque,” saying, “Ms. Gaitskill writes with such authority, such radar-perfect detail, that she is able to make even the most extreme situations seem real…her reportorial candor, uncompromised by sentimentality or voyeuristic charm…underscores the strength of her debut.”


The Best American Short Stories 2014

The Best American Short Stories 2014

Author: Jennifer Egan

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 0547819226

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Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.


Because They Wanted To

Because They Wanted To

Author: Mary Gaitskill

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1439127972

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A collection of startling and breathtaking stories about people struggling with the disparity between what they want and what they know. A New York Times Notable Book A man tells a story to a woman sitting beside him on a plane, little suspecting what it reveals about his capacity for cruelty and contempt. A callow runaway girl is stranded in a strange city with another woman’s fractiously needy children. An uncomprehending father helplessly lashes out at the daughter he both loves and resents. In these raw, startling, and incandescently lovely stories, the author of Veronica yields twelve indelible portraits of people struggling with the disparity between what they want and what they know. Because They Wanted To is further evidence that Gaitskill is one of the fiercest, funniest, and most subversively compassionate writers at work today.