The Best American Short Stories 1974
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 9780395194157 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1973 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1975 |
The Best American Short Stories 1974 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Agnes Boyer | "The Deserter" | PRISM international |
| 1974 | Jerry Bumpus | "Beginnings" | TriQuarterly |
| 1974 | Eleanor Clark | "A Summer in Puerto Rico" | The Southern Review |
| 1974 | Pat M. Esslinger-Carr | "The Party" | The Southern Review |
| 1974 | Lewis B. Horne | "Mansion, Magic, and Miracle" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| 1974 | Rose Graubart Ignatow | "Down the American River" | Shenandoah |
| 1974 | Maxine Kumin | "Opening the Door on Sixty-Second Street" | The Southern Review |
| 1974 | Mary Lavin | "Tom" | The New Yorker |
| 1974 | John L'Heureux | "A Family Affair" | Atlantic Monthly |
| 1974 | Phillip Lopate | "The Chamber Music Evening" | Paris Review |
| 1974 | Stephen Minot | "The Tide and Isaac Bates" | Quarterly Review of Literature |
| 1974 | Beverly Mitchell | "Letter from Sakaye" | The Fiddlehead |
| 1974 | Michael Rothschild | "Dog in the Manger" | Antaeus |
| 1974 | Peter L. Sandberg | "Calloway's Climb" | Playboy |
| 1974 | William Saroyan | "Isn't Today the Day?" | Harper's Magazine |
| 1974 | Phillip H. Schneider | "The Gray" | Kansas Quarterly |
| 1974 | Barry Targan | "Old Vemish" | Salmagundi |
| 1974 | John Updike | "Son" | The New Yorker |
| 1974 | Arturo Vivante | "Honeymoon" | The New Yorker |
| 1974 | Alice Walker | "The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff" | Ms. |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (January 1, 1974). The Best American Short Stories 1974. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780395194157.
- ^ "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.