The Best American Short Stories 1958
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371676 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1957 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1959 |
The Best American Short Stories 1958 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 | "The Waiting" | The New Yorker |
| James Baldwin | "Sonny’s Blues" | Partisan Review |
| Paul Bowles | "The Frozen Fields" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Ray Bradbury | "The Day It Rained Forever" | Harper's Magazine |
| George Bradshaw | "The Picture Wouldn’t Fit In The Stove'" | Vogue |
| Alfred Chester | "As I Was Going Up the Stair" | The Sewanee Review |
| Shirley Ann Grau | "Hunter’s Home" | Mademoiselle |
| Pati Hill | "Ben" | The Paris Review |
| Robie Macauley | "Legend of Two Swimmers" | The Kenyon Review |
| Jean McCord | "Somewhere Out of Nowhere" | Quixote |
| Howard Nemerov | "A Delayed Hearing" | The Kenyon Review |
| Flannery O'Connor | "A View of the Woods" | Partisan Review |
| Anthony Ostroff | "La Bataille Des Fleurs " | The Kenyon Review |
| Dorothy Parker | "The Banquet Of Crow" | The New Yorker |
| Ralph Robin | "Mr. Pruitt" | Prairie Schooner |
| Jean Stafford | "A Reasonable Facsimile" | The New Yorker |
| Harvey Swados | "Joe, The Vanishing American" | The Hudson Review |
| Richard Thurman | "Not Another Word" | The New Yorker |
| Bob Van Scoyk | "Home From Camp" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Robin White | "House of Many Rooms" | Harper's Magazine |
| Richard Wright | "Big, Black, Good Man" | Esquire |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (June 1, 1958). The Best American Short Stories 1958. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371676.
{{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.