The Best American Short Stories 1959
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371256 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1958 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1960 |
The Best American Short Stories 1959 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 |
|---|---|---|
| John Barry | "Jawaharlal and the Three Cadavers" | The Western Review |
| Sallie Bingham | "Winter Term" | Mademoiselle |
| Frank Butler | "Amid A Place of Stone" | The Hudson Review |
| John Cheever | "The Bella Lingua" | The New Yorker |
| Robert M. Coates | "Getaway" | The New Yorker |
| Charles G. Finney | "The Iowan’s Curse" | Harper's Magazine |
| William H. Gass | "Mrs. Mean" | Accent |
| "Hugh Geeslin, Jr. " | "A Day In The Life of the Boss" | The Georgia Review |
| Herbert Gold | "Love and Like" | The Hudson Review |
| Frank Holwerda | "In A Tropical Minor Key" | Accent |
| Bernard Malamud | "The Last Mohican" | Partisan Review |
| Howard Nemerov | "A Secret Society" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Leo Rosten | "The Guy in Ward 4" | Harper's Magazine |
| Philip Roth | "The Conversion of the Jews" | The Paris Review |
| Anne Sayre | "A Birthday Present" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| Harvey Swados | "The Man in the Toolhouse" | The Western Review |
| Peter Taylor | "Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time" | The Kenyon Review |
| John Updike | "A Gift From the City" | The New Yorker |
| Thomas Williams | "The Buck in Trotevale’s" | Esquire |
| Ethel Wilson | "The Window" | The Tamarack Review |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (June 1, 1959). The Best American Short Stories 1959. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371256.
{{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.