The Best American Short Stories 1953
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371560 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1952 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1954 |
The Best American Short Stories 1953 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 |
|---|---|---|
| James Agee | "A Mother's Tale" | Harper's Bazaar |
| James Ballard | "A Mountain Summer" | The Hopkins Review |
| Stephen Becker | "The Town Mouse" | Harper's Magazine |
| Joseph Carroll | "At Mrs. Farrelly's" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| R.V. Cassill | "The Life of the Sleeping Beauty" | Accent |
| Robert M. Coates | "The Need" | The New Yorker |
| Mary Deasy | "Morning Sun" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Harris Downey | "Crispin's Way" | Epoch |
| Osborn Duke | "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" | New World Writing |
| George P. Elliot | "FAQ'" | The Hudson Review |
| Wingate Froscher | "A Death in the Family" | Epoch |
| Vahan Krikorian Gregory | "Athens, Greece, 1942" | The Armenian Review |
| James B. Hall | "A Spot in History" | Epoch |
| Charles Tenney Jackson | "The Buffalo Wallow" | Atlantic Monthly |
| Roberts Jackson | "Fly Away Home" | Accent |
| Madison P. Jones, Jr. | "Dog Days" | Perspective |
| Willard Marsh | "Beachhead in Bohemia" | Southwest Review |
| Elizabeth Marshall | "The Hill People" | Mademoiselle |
| Felix Noland | "The Whipping" | McCall's |
| Constance Pendergast | "The Picnic" | Perspective |
| Ken Purdy | "Change of Plan" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Clay Putman | "Our Vegetable Love" | Furioso |
| Roger Shattuck | "Workout On The River" | Harper's Magazine |
| Henry Schultz | "Oreste" | New Mexico Quarterly |
| Stanley Sultan | "The Fugue Of The Fig Tree" | The Kenyon Review |
| Mark Van Doren | "Still, Still So" | Park East, the Magazine of New York |
| Donald Wesley | "A Week of Roses" | The Hopkins Review |
| Christine Weston | "The Forest of the Night" | The New Yorker |
| Tennessee Williams | "Three Players of A Summer Game" | The New Yorker |
| Simon Wincelberg | "The Conqueror" | Harper's Bazaar |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1953). The Best American Short Stories 1953. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371560.
{{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.