The Best American Short Stories 1955
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371614 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1954 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1956 |
The Best American Short Stories 1955 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Robert O. Bowen | "A Matter of Price" | Prairie Schooner |
| Nancy Cardozo | "The Excursionists" | Mademoiselle |
| Nancy G. Chaikin | "Bachelor of Arts" | The University of Kansas City Review |
| John Cheever | "The Country Husband" | The New Yorker |
| Evan S. Connell Jr. | "The Fisherman From Chihuahua" | The Paris Review |
| Joe Coogan | "The Decline And Fall of Augie Sheean" | The Ladies' Home Journal |
| Daniel Curley | "The Day of the Equinox" | New Mexico Quarterly |
| William Eastlake | "Little Joe" | Accent |
| George P. Elliot | "Brother Quintillan and Dick The Chemist" | Western Review |
| Mac Hyman | "The Hundredth Centennial" | The Paris Review |
| Oliver La Farge | "The Resting Place" | The New Yorker |
| Bernard Malamud | "The Magic Barrel" | Partisan Review |
| Judith Merril | "Dead Center" | Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| Elizabeth H. Middleton | "Portrait of My Son As A Young Man" | The University of Kansas City Review |
| Marvin Mudrick | "The Professor and the Poet" | Shenandoah |
| Howard Nemerov | "Yore" | The Hudson Review |
| Flannery O'Connor | "A Circle In The Fire" | The Kenyon Review |
| Irwin Shaw | "Tip On A Dead Jockey" | The New Yorker |
| Wallace Stegner | "Maiden In A Tower" | Harper's Magazine |
| David Stuart | "Bird Man" | Botteghe Oscure |
| Harvey Swados | "Herman's Day" | New World Writing |
| Mark Van Doren | "I Got a Friend" | The University of Kansas City Review |
| George Vukelich | "The Scale Room" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Eudora Welty | "Going To Naples" | Harper's Bazaar |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1955). The Best American Short Stories 1955. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371614.
{{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.