The Best American Short Stories 1968
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-0395076927 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1967 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1969 |
The Best American Short Stories 1968 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 |
|---|---|---|
| James Baldwin | "Tell Me How Long the Trains Been Gone" | McCall’s Magazine |
| John Deck | "Greased Samba" | The Atlantic |
| James T. Farrell | "An American Student in Paris" | The Southern Review |
| George H. Freitag | "An Old Man and His Hat" | Harper's Magazine |
| Herb Gardner | "Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| William H. Gass | "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country" | The New American Review |
| Mary Ladd Gavell | "The Rotifer" | Psychiatry |
| Donald Gropman | "The Heart of This or That Man" | The Literary Review |
| William Harrison | "The Snooker Shark" | The Saturday Evening Post |
| Judith Higgins | "The Only People" | The Atlantic |
| Helen Hudson | "The Tenant" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Leo E. Litwak | "In Shock" | Partisan Review |
| Richard McKenna | "The Sons of Martha" | Harper's Magazine |
| William Moseley | "The Preacher and Margery Scott" | The Virginia Quarterly Review |
| Joanna Ostrow | "Celtic Twilight" | The New Yorker |
| Nancy Huddleston Packer | "Early Morning, Lonely Ride" | The Southwest Review |
| John Phillips | "Bleat Blodgette" | The Paris Review |
| Lawrence P. Springarn | "The Ambassador" | The Southern Humanities Review |
| Winston Weathers | "The Games That We Played" | The Georgia Review |
| Janet Bruce Winn | "Dried Rose Petals in a Silver Bowl" | Evidence |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1968). The Best American Short Stories 1968. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0395076927.
- ^ "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.