The Best American Short Stories 1948
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 9789997371416 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1947 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1949 |
The Best American Short Stories 1948 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.[1]
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.[3][4][5]
In particular, the Willa Cather Review wrote that The Best American Short Stories series "became a repository of values" for creative writing programs, college libraries, and literary magazines.[6] The Los Angeles Times, reflecting on the hundred-year anniversary of the series, noted that it eventually became an "institution" itself, often being taught in classrooms.[7]
Short stories included
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Sidney A. Alexander | "Part of the Act" | Story |
| Paul Bowles | "A Distant Episode" | Partisan Review |
| Ray Bradbury | "I See You Never" | The New Yorker |
| Dorothy Canfield | "The Apprentice" | Ladies' Home Journal |
| John Cheever | "The Enormous Radio" | The New Yorker |
| George R. Clay | "That's My Johnny-Boy" | Tomorrow |
| John Bell Clayton | "Visitor from Philadelphia" | Harper's Magazine |
| Margaret Cousins | "A Letter to Mr. Priest" | Good Housekeeping |
| M. F. K. Fisher | "The Hollow Heart" | '47-The Magazine of the Year |
| Philip Garrigan | "Fly, Fly, Little Dove" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Martha Gellhorn | "Miami-New York" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Elliot Grennard | "Sparrow's Last Jump" | Harper's Magazine |
| Ralph Gustafon | "The Human Fly" | Atlantic Monthly |
| John Hersey | "Why Were You Sent Out Here?" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Lance Jeffers | "The Dawn Swings In" | Mainstream |
| Victoria Lincoln | "Morning, a Week Before the Crime" | Cosmopolitan |
| Robert Lowry | "The Terror in the Streets" | Mademoiselle |
| John A. Lynch | "The Burden" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Vincent McHugh | "The Search" | '47-The Magazine of the Year |
| Robert Morse | "The Professor and the Puli" | Good Housekeeping |
| Ruth Portugal | "The Stupendous Fortune" | Good Housekeeping |
| Mary Brinker Post | "That's the Man!" | Today's Woman |
| Waverley Root | "Carmencita" | '47-The Magazine of the Year |
| Dolph Sharp | "The Tragedy in Jancie Brierman's Life" | Story |
| Wallace Stegner | "Beyond the Glass Mountain" | Harper's Magazine |
| Sidney Sulkin | "The Plan" | Kenyon Review |
| Eudora Welty | "The Whole World Knows" | Harper's Bazaar |
| E. B. White | "The Second Tree from the Corner" | The New Yorker |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1948). The Best American Short Stories 1948. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9789997371416.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ "Short and Sweet" by Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 11/05/99, issue 511, page 73.
- ^ "The Best American Short Stories of the Century," Publishers Weekly, 3/8/1999, volume 246, issue 10, page 47.
- ^ Hempel, Amy (1986-02-09). "The Best American Short Stories 1985 : edited by Gail Godwin with Shannon Ravenel (Houghton Mifflin; $14.95, hardcover; $8.95, paperback; 300 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
- ^ "Best Stories of the Century? Not Quite, but Close Enough". Observer. 1999-05-10. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "'Long-Cellared Wine': 'Double Birthday,' Edward J. H. O'Brien, and the Best American Short Stories Series" by Timothy W. Bintrim and Scott Riner, Willa Cather Review, spring 2023, volume 64, issue 1, page 18.
- ^ "Review: '100 Years of Best American Short Stories' is vital yet flawed for loading the canon". Los Angeles Times. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2025-04-10.