The Best American Short Stories 1977
1977 book
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The Best American Short Stories 1977, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.[1][2]
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| Editor | Martha Foley |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0395257012 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1976 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1978 |
Background
The series is considered one of the "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction"[3] 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.[4] 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."[5]
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.[6]
Critical reception
Kirkus Reviews observed the humorous tilt of Martha Foley's curation: "A lively array, less grimly introspective than usual."[7]
Short stories included
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Busch | "The Trouble With Being Food" | Esquire |
| Price Caldwell | "Tarzan Meets the Department Head" | The Carleton Miscellany |
| John Cheever | "Falconer" | Playboy |
| Ann Copeland | "At Peace" | The Canadian Fiction Magazine |
| John William Corrington | "Pleadings" | The Southern Review |
| Philip Damon | "Growing Up In No Time" | Hawaii Review |
| Leslie Epstein | "The Steinway Quintet" | Antaeus |
| Eugene K. Garber | "The Lover" | Shenandoah |
| Patricia Hampl | "Look at a Teacup" | The New Yorker |
| Baine Kerr | "Rider" | Denver Quarterly |
| Jack Matthews | "A Questionnaire for Rudolph Gordon" | The Malahat Review |
| Stephen Minot | "A Passion For History" | The Sewanee Review |
| Charles Newman | "The Woman Who Thought Like a Man" | Partisan Review |
| Joyce Carol Oates | "Gay" | Playboy |
| Tim O'Brien | "Going After Cacciatio" | Ploughshares |
| Tom Robbins | "The Chink and the Clock People" | American Review |
| William Saroyan | "A Fresno Fable" | The New Yorker |
| John Sayles | "Breed" | The Atlantic |
| Anne Tyler | "Your Place is Empty" | The New Yorker |
| William S. Wilson | "Anthropology: What is Lost in Rotation" | Antaeus |