The Best American Short Stories 1962
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371379 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1961 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1963 |
The Best American Short Stories 1962 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frieda Arkin | "The Light of the Sea" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| Wayson S. Choy | "The Sound of Waves" | PRISM international |
| Edward Dahlberg | "Because I Was Flesh" | Prairie Schooner |
| Borden Deal | "Antaeus" | Southwest Review |
| Stanley Elkin | "Criers and Kibbitzers, Kibbitzers and Criers" | Perspective |
| Seymour Epstein | "Wheat Closed Higher, Cotton Was Mixed" | Redbook |
| George Garrett | "The Old Army Game" | The Sewanee Review |
| William H. Gass | "The Pedersen Kid" | MSS |
| Sister Mary Gilbert | "The Model Chapel" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Donald Hall | "A Day on Ragged" | The New Yorker |
| Henia Karmel-Wolfe | "The Last Day" | The Reporter |
| Mary Lavin | "In the Middle of the Fields" | The New Yorker |
| Jack Thomas Leahy | "Hanging Hair" | Kenyon Review |
| Ben Maddow | "To Hell the Rabbis" | Kenyon Review |
| Miriam McKenzie | "Déjà Vu" | New World Writing |
| Arthur Miller | "The Prophecy" | Esquire |
| E. Lucas Myers | "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor" | The Sewanee Review |
| Flannery O'Connor | "Everything That Rises Must Converge" | New World Writing |
| Thalia Selz | "The Education of a Queen" | Partisan Review |
| Irwin Shaw | "Love on a Dark Street" | Esquire |
| John Updike | "Pigeon Feathers" | The New Yorker |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (June 1, 1962). The Best American Short Stories 1962. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371379.
{{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.