The Best American Short Stories 1975
1975 book
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The Best American Short Stories 1975, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.[1]
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| Editor | Martha Foley |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published | 1975 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication date | September, 1975 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-395-20719-2 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1974 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1976 |
Background
The series is considered one of the "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction"[2] and has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature, curated by well-known guest editors since 1915.[3] Specifically, Amy Hempel considered it and the O. Henry Award's prize anthology to compile "the best short fiction published in American and Canadian magazines during the preceding year."[4]
In particular, the Willa Cather Review wrote that The Best American Short Stories series "became a repository of values" for creative writing programs and literary magazines, specifically with considerable "influence" in college libraries, short fiction courses, and fiction workshops.[5]
Short stories included
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Banks | "The Lie" | Fiction International |
| Donald Barthelme | "The School" | The New Yorker |
| Rosellen Brown | "How to Win" | The Massachusetts Review |
| Jerry Bumpus | "Desert Matinee" | Fiction International |
| Frederick Busch | "Bambi Meets the Furies" | The Ohio Review |
| Nancy Chaikin | "Waiting for Astronauts" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| Mary Clearman | "Paths Unto the Dead" | The Georgia Review |
| Lyll Becerra De Jenkins | "Tyranny" | The New Yorker |
| Andre Dubus | "Cadence" | The Sewanee Review |
| Jesse Hill Ford | "Big Boy" | Atlantic Monthly |
| William Hoffman | "The Spirit in Me" | The Sewanee Review |
| Evan Hunter | "The Analyst" | Playboy |
| Paul Kaser | "How Jerem Came Home" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| Alistair MacLeod | "The Lost Salt Gift of Blood" | The Southern Review |
| Jack Matthews | "The Burial" | The Georgia Review |
| Eugene McNamara | "The Howard Parker Montcrief Hoax" | The Canadian Fiction Magazine |
| Reynolds Price | "Night and Day at Panacea" | Harper's Magazine |
| Abraham Rothberg | "Polonaise" | The Massachusetts Review |
| Leslie Silko | "Lullaby" | Chicago Review |
| Barry Targan | "The Man Who Lived" | The Southern Review |
| Jose Yglesias | "The American Sickness" | The Massachusetts Review |