The Best American Short Stories 1963
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 9789997371423 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1962 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1964 |
The Best American Short Stories 1963 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 |
|---|---|---|
| U. S. Andersen | "Turn Ever So Quickly" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| H. W. Blattner | "Sound of a Drunken Drummer" | The Hudson Review |
| John Stewart Carter | "The Keyhole Eye" | The Kenyon Review |
| John Cheever | "A Vision of the World" | The New Yorker |
| Cecil Dawkins | "A Simple Case" | Southwest Review |
| George Dickerson | "Chico" | Phoenix |
| May Dikeman | "The Sound of Young Laughter" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Stanley Elkin | "I Look Out for Ed Wolfe" | Esquire |
| Dave Godfrey | "Newfoundland Night" | Tamarack Review |
| William J. J. Gordon | "The Pures" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| John Hermann | "Aunt Mary" | Perspective |
| Katinka Loeser | "Beggarman, Rich Man, or Thief" | McCall's |
| St. Clair McKelway | "The Fireflies" | The New Yorker |
| Ursule Molinaro | "The Insufficient Rope" | Prism |
| Joyce Carol Oates | "The Fine White Mist of Winter" | The Literary Review |
| R. C. Phelan | "Birds, Clouds, Frogs" | Redhook |
| Mordecai Richler | "Some Grist for Mervyn's Mill" | The Kenyon Review |
| William Saroyan | "What a World, Said the Bicycle Rider" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| Babette Sassoon | "The Betrayal" | New World Writing (New American Library) |
| Irwin Shaw | "Noises in the City" | Playboy |
| Peter Taylor | "At the Drugstore" | The Sewanee Review |
| Niccolò Tucci | "The Desert in the Oasis" | The New Yorker |
| Jessamyn West | "The Picnickers" | The Kenyon Review |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1963). The Best American Short Stories 1963. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371423.
{{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.