The Best American Short Stories 1950
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371478 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1949 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1951 |
The Best American Short Stories 1950 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Angoff | "Where Did Yesterday Go?" | The University of Kansas City Review |
| James Aswell | "Shadow of Evil" | Today's Woman |
| Sanora Babb | "The Wild Flower" | The Kansas Magazine |
| Warren Beck | "Edge of Doom" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Saul Bellow | "A Sermon By Doctor Pep" | Partisan Review |
| Peggy Bennett | "Death Under Hawthornes" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Paul Bowles | "Pastor Dowe At Tacate" | Mademoiselle |
| Robert Christopher | "Jishin" | The Yale Review |
| George P. Elliot | "The NRACP" | The Hudson Review |
| Leslie A. Fiedler | "The Fear of Innocence" | Partisan Review |
| Ralph Gustafon | "The Pigeon" | The Northern Review |
| Marianne Hauser | "The Mouse" | The Tiger's Eye |
| Josephine W. Johnson | "The Author" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Ralph Kaplan | "The Artist" | Harper's Magazine |
| Sylvan Karchmer | "Hail, Brother And Farewell" | Epoch |
| Speed Lamkin | "Comes A Day" | Mademoiselle |
| Victoria Lincoln | "The Glass Wall" | Good Housekeeping |
| Howard Maier | "The World Outside" | Harper's Magazine |
| Esther McCoy | "The Cape" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Edward Newhouse | "My Brother's Second Funeral" | The New Yorker |
| Hoke Norris | "Take Her Up Tenderly" | Prairie Schooner |
| Glidden Parker | "Bright And Morning" | The Kenyon Review |
| Clay Putman | "The Old Acrobat and the Ruined City" | Tomorrow |
| Abraham Rothberg | "Not With Our Fathers" | The University of Kansas City Review |
| Ramona Stewart | "The Promise" | The American Mercury |
| James Still | "A Master Time" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Joan Strong | "The Hired Man" | American Letters |
| Peter Taylor | "A Wife of Nashville" | The New Yorker |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (June 1, 1950). The Best American Short Stories 1950. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371478.
{{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.