Wadsworth, 2005

Intended for courses in Introduction to Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Modern Fiction, Introduction to the Short Story, The American Short Story, or Fiction From 1900 courses. Can also be used in creative writing courses that focus on the short story or in Introduction to Literature where separate volumes on each of the genres are used.

Offering 3 stories by 33 authors, 3 X 33 combines both a breadth and depth not seen in other contemporary or modern short fiction anthologies.

Contents

SHERMAN ALEXIE: Introduced by Junot Diaz.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona. The Toughest Indian in the World.
MARGARET ATWOOD: Introduced by Percival Everett.
Happy Endings. Wilderness Tips. True Trash.
JAMES BALDWIN: Introduced by Ben Niehart.
Sonny's Blues. Going To Meet the Man. Exodus.
TONI CADE BAMBARA: Introduced by David Haynes.
My Man Bovanne. The Lesson. The Organizer's Wife.
ANDREA BARRETT: Introduced by Frederick Reiken
The Behavior of the Hawkweeds. Birds with No Feet. Servants of the Map.
DONALD BARTHELME: Introduced by Jonathan Lethem.
A City of Churches. The School. Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning.
RICHARD BAUSCH: Introduction by Robert Bausch.
The Man who Knew Belle Starr. What Feels Like the World. Tandolfo the Great.
CHARLES BAXTER: Introduced by Elwood Reid.
Gryphon. Westland. Shelter.
ANN BEATTIE: Introduced by Vendela Vida.
Janus. The Burning House. Park City.
ROBERT OLEN BUTLER: Introduced by Ann Patchett.
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot. This is Earl Sandt.
RAYMOND CARVER: Introduced by Dan Chaon.
Are These Actual Miles? What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Cathedral.
JOHN CHEEVER: Introduced by Richard Russo.
Goodbye, My Brother. The Country Husband. The Swimmer.
JUNOT DIAZ: Introduced by Susan Straight.
Ysrael. Fiesta, 1980. The Sun, the Moon, the Stars.
CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI: Introduced by Elizabeth Stuckey-French.
Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter. The Lives of Strangers. The Blooming Season for Cacti.
LOUISE ERDRICH: Introduced by Brady Udall.
The Red Convertible. Saint Marie. Satan: Highjacker of a Planet.
RICHARD FORD: Introduced by Sheila Kohler.
Rock Springs. Communist. Under the Radar.
BARRY HANNAH: Introduced by Tom Franklin.
Testimony of Pilot. Water Liars. Nicodemus Bluff.
GISH JEN: Introduced by Millicent Dillon.
The Water Faucet Vision. Birthmates. Who's Irish?
JAMAICA KINCAID: Introduced by Victor Lavalle.
Girl. Figures in the Distance. Xuela.
BERNARD MALAMUD: Introduced by Debra Spark.
The Magic Barrel. The Last Mohican. The Jewbird.
RICK MOODY: Introduced by Ken Foster.
The Grid. The Apocalypse Commentary of Bob Paisner. Demonology.
LORRIE MOORE: Introduced by Elissa Schappell.
How To Become a Writer. You're Ugly, Too. People Like That Are the Only People Here.
ALICE MUNRO: Introduced by Lorrie Moore.
Walker Brothers Cowboy. Friend of My Youth. Save the Reaper.
ANTONYA NELSON: Introduced by Charles Baxter.
The Control Group. Naked Ladies. Female Trouble.
JOYCE CAROL OATES: Introduced by Jennifer Egan.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Life After High School. Ghost Girls.
TIM O'BRIEN: Introduction by Julianna Baggott.
The Things They Carried. Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong. Half Gone.
FLANNERY O'CONNOR: Introduced by Antonya Nelson.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Everything That Rises Must Converge. Good Country People.
GRACE PALEY: Introduced by Amy Bloom.
An Interest in Life. Goodbye and Good Luck. A Conversation with My Father.
GEORGE SAUNDERS: Introduction by Aimee Bender.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. Sea Oak. Winky.
JOHN UPDIKE: Introduced by Brock Clarke.
A&P. Pigeon Feathers. A Sandstone Farmhouse.
EUDORA WELTY: Introduced by Lee Smith.
A Worn Path. Why I Live at the P.O. No Place for You, My Love.
TOBIAS WOLFF: Introduced by Adam Johnson.
Hunters in the Snow. The Rich Brother. Bullet in the Brain.
RICHARD YATES: Introduced by Stewart O'Nan.
The Best of Everything. No Pain Whatsoever. Oh, Joseph, I'm So Tired.