The Best American Short Stories 1954
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371591 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1953 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1955 |
The Best American Short Stories 1954 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Bush | "A Great Reckoning In a Little Room" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Richard Clay | "A Beautiful Night For Orion" | The Hudson Review |
| Benjamin Demott | "The Sense That In The Scene Delights" | Partisan Review |
| Ward Dorrance | "A Stop on the Way to Texas" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Legarde S. Doughty | "The Firebird" | Prairie Schooner |
| Elizabeth Enright | "Apple Seed and Apple Thorn" | Mademoiselle |
| Steve Frazee | "My Brother Down There" | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine |
| Ivan Gold | "A Change of Air" | New World Writing |
| Priscilla Heath | "Farewell, Sweet Love" | Western Review |
| Anne Herbert | "The House On The Esplanade" | Queen's Quarterly |
| Frank Holwerda | "Char On Raven's Bench" | Accent |
| Randall Jarrell | "Gertrude and Sidney" | The Sewanee Review |
| Almet Jenks | "No Way Down" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| George Loveridge | "The Latter End" | The Yale Review |
| Frances Gray Patton | "The Game" | The New Yorker |
| Robert Payne | "The Red Mountain" | Harper's Magazine |
| Rosanne Smith Robinson | "The Mango Tree" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Irwin Shaw | "In The French Style" | The New Yorker |
| Jean Stafford | "The Shorn Lamb" | The New Yorker |
| Kathrine Taylor | "The Pale Green Fishes" | Woman's Day |
| B. Traven | "The Third Guest" | Fantastic |
| Christine Weston | "The Man In Gray" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Ira Wolfert | "The Indomitable Blue" | Esquire |
| Vurrell Yentzen | "The Rock" | Quarto |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1954). The Best American Short Stories 1954. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371591.
{{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.