The Best American Short Stories 1975
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published | 1975 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | September, 1975 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-395-20719-2 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1974 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1976 |
The Best American Short Stories 1975, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was 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, curated by well-known guest editors since 1915.[3] Specifically, Amy Hempel considered it and the O. Henry Award's prize anthology to compile "the best short fiction published in American and Canadian magazines during the preceding year."[4]
In particular, the Willa Cather Review wrote that The Best American Short Stories series "became a repository of values" for creative writing programs and literary magazines, specifically with considerable "influence" in college libraries, short fiction courses, and fiction workshops.[5]
Short stories included
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Banks | "The Lie" | Fiction International |
| Donald Barthelme | "The School" | The New Yorker |
| Rosellen Brown | "How to Win" | The Massachusetts Review |
| Jerry Bumpus | "Desert Matinee" | Fiction International |
| Frederick Busch | "Bambi Meets the Furies" | The Ohio Review |
| Nancy Chaikin | "Waiting for Astronauts" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| Mary Clearman | "Paths Unto the Dead" | The Georgia Review |
| Lyll Becerra De Jenkins | "Tyranny" | The New Yorker |
| Andre Dubus | "Cadence" | The Sewanee Review |
| Jesse Hill Ford | "Big Boy" | Atlantic Monthly |
| William Hoffman | "The Spirit in Me" | The Sewanee Review |
| Evan Hunter | "The Analyst" | Playboy |
| Paul Kaser | "How Jerem Came Home" | The Colorado Quarterly |
| Alistair MacLeod | "The Lost Salt Gift of Blood" | The Southern Review |
| Jack Matthews | "The Burial" | The Georgia Review |
| Eugene McNamara | "The Howard Parker Montcrief Hoax" | The Canadian Fiction Magazine |
| Reynolds Price | "Night and Day at Panacea" | Harper's Magazine |
| Abraham Rothberg | "Polonaise" | The Massachusetts Review |
| Leslie Silko | "Lullaby" | Chicago Review |
| Barry Targan | "The Man Who Lived" | The Southern Review |
| Jose Yglesias | "The American Sickness" | The Massachusetts Review |
References
- ^ Foley, Martha, ed. (September 1, 1975). The Best American Short Stories 1975. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-395-20719-2.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "'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.