The film discusses the significance of the American short story as a unique literary form that captures the essence of human ...

When I was the guest editor of the Best American Short Stories anthology in 2020, I selected the story “Howl Palace” “(the ...

Since then her work has continued to appear in collections, the most recent being THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1966. SUMMARY. — This is the story of three generations of an Irish family.

including The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. She is the author of two novels. Typical American (Houghton Mifflin) was short-listed for the National Book Critics ...