The Best American Short Stories 1966
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371492 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1965 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1967 |
The Best American Short Stories 1966 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Jack Cady | "The Burning" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| 1966 | George Dickerson | "A Mussel Named Ecclesiastes" | Rogue |
| 1966 | Harris Downey | "The Vicar-General and the Wide Night" | The Southern Review |
| 1966 | David Ely | "The Academy" | Playboy |
| 1966 | William Faulkner | "Mr. Acarius " | The Saturday Evening Post |
| 1966 | Shirley Ann Grau | "The Beach Party" | Redbook |
| 1966 | Mary Hedin | "Places We Lost" | McCall’s Magazine |
| 1966 | Hugh Hood | "Getting to Williamstown" | The Tamarack Review |
| 1966 | Shirley Jackson | "The Bus" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| 1966 | Josephine Jacobsen | "On the Island" | The Kenyon Review |
| 1966 | Henry Kreisel | "The Broken Globe" | The Literary Review |
| 1966 | Mary Lavin | "One Summer" | The New Yorker |
| 1966 | Curt Leviant | "Mourning Call" | The Quarterly Review of Literature |
| 1966 | William Maxwell | "Further Tales About Men and Women" | The New Yorker |
| 1966 | Flannery O'Connor | "Parker's Back" | Esquire |
| 1966 | Walter S. Terry | "The Bottomless Well" | The Georgia Review |
| 1966 | Dan Wakefield | "Autumn Full of Apples" | Redbook |
| 1966 | Joseph Whitehill | "One Night for Several Samurai" | The Hudson Review |
| 1966 | Herbert Wilner | "Dovisch in the Wilderness" | The Saturday Evening Post |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1966). The Best American Short Stories 1966. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-9997371492.
- ^ "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.