The Ecco anthology of contemporary American short fiction
By: selected by Joyce Carol Oates and Christopher R. Beha.
Contributors: Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-; Beha, Christopher R.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Short stories, American; American fiction -- 21st century; United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Table of contents: title: The toughest Indian in the world / Sherman Alexie; title: Lobster night / Russell Banks; title: The hermit's story / Rick Bass; title: 1-900 / Richard Bausch; title: Poor devil / Charles Baxter; title: Lavande / Ann Beattie; title: O. / Aimee Bender; title: Mercy / Pinckney Benedict; title: The love of my life / T.C. Boyle; title: The identity club / Richard Burgin; title: The son of the wolfman / Michael Chabon; title: Night women / Edwidge Danticat; title: Television / Lydia Davis; title: Aurora / Junot Díaz; title: A house on the Plains / E.L. Doctorow; title: Death of the right fielder / Stuart Dybek; title: The girl who left her sock on the floor / Deborah Eisenberg; title: Disaster stamps of Pluto / Louise Erdrich; title: Reunion / Richard Ford; title: Rêve haitien / Ben Fountain; title: The girl on the plane / Mary Gaitskill; title: The paperhanger / William Gay; title: City visit / Adam Haslett; title: To those of you who missed your connecting flights out of O'Hare / Amy Hempel; title: Emergency / Denis Johnson; title: Double exposure / Greg Johnson; title: Old boys, old girls / Edward P. Jones; title: Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine / Matthew Klam; title: Baboons / Sheila Kohler; title: Once in a lifetime / Jhumpa Lahiri; title: Some terpsichore / Elizabeth McCracken; title: Cowboy / Thomas McGuane; title: Sault Ste. Marie / David Means; title: Ranch girl / Maile Meloy; title: The new automaton theater / Steven Millhauser; title: Paper losses / Lorrie Moore; title: Stitches / Antonya Nelson; title: Land. ll / Joyce Carol Oates; title: On the rainy river / Tim O'Brien; title: The escort / Chuck Palahniuk; title: People in hell just want a drink of water / Annie Proulx; title: The red bow / George Saunders; title: Leslie and Sam / Douglas Unger; title: The brown chest / John Updike; title: Incarnations of burned children / David Foster Wallace; title: Cinnamon skin / Edmund White; title: Who invented the jump shot / John Edgar Wideman; title: Bullet in the brain / Tobias Wol.