The Best American Short Stories 1964
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-0395076880 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1963 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1965 |
The Best American Short Stories 1964 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 Broomstick on the Porch" | The Kenyon Review |
| Richard G. Brown | "Mr. Iscariot" | The Literary Review |
| John Stewart Carter | "To a Tenor Dying Old" | The Kenyon Review |
| Daniel Curley | "A Story of Love, Etc." | Epoch |
| May Dikeman | "The Woman Across the Street" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| William Eastlake | "A Long Day's Dying" | Virginia Quarterly Review |
| William Goyen | "Figure Over the Town" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| Paul Horgan | "Black Snowflakes" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| William Humphrey | "The Pump" | Esquire |
| Shirley Jackson | "Birthday Party" | Vogue |
| Edith Konecky | "The Power" | The Massachusetts Review |
| Kimon Lolos | "Mule No. 095" | The Carleton Miscellany |
| Bernard Malamud | "The German Refugee" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| Carson McCullers | "Sucker" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| Virginia Moriconi | "Simple Arithmetic" | The Transatlantic Review |
| Joyce Carol Oates | "Upon the Sweeping Flood" | Southwest Review |
| Reynolds Price | "The Names and Faces of Heroes" | Shenandoah |
| Vera Randal | "Waiting for Jim" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| Harvey Swados | "A Story for Teddy" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| Robert Penn Warren | "Have You Seen Sukie?" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1964). The Best American Short Stories 1964. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0395076880.
{{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.