Why I like this story
(Book)
Contributors
Bryer, Jackson R., editor.
Published
Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019.
Status
Central Library - Nonfiction - 2nd Floor
028.9 W
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028.9 W
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Published
Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 347 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"On the assumption that John Updike was correct when he asserted, in a 1978 letter to Joyce Carol Oates, that "Nobody can read like a writer," Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by forty-eight leading American writers on their favorite American short stories, explaining why they like them. The essays, which are personal, not scholarly, not only tell us much about the story selected, they also tell us a good deal about the author of the essay, about what elements of fiction he or she values. Among the writers whose stories are discussed are such American masters as James, Melville, Hemingway, O'Connor, Fitzgerald, Porter, Carver, Wright, Updike, Bellow, Salinger, Kincaid, Malamud, and Welty; but the book also includes pieces on stories by well-known practitioners such as Andre Dubus, Ellen Glasgow, Kay Boyle, Delmore Schwartz, George Garrett, Elizabeth Tallent, William Goyen, Jerome Weidman, Peter Matthiessen, Grace Paley, and William H. Gass, and relative newcomers such as Lorrie Moore, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Phil Klay, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Edward P. Jones.Why I Like This Story will send readers to the library or bookstore to read or re-read the stories selected. Among the contributors to the book are Julia Alvarez, Andrea Barrett, Richard Bausch, Ann Beattie, Andre Dubus, George Garrett, William H. Gass, Julia Glass, Doris Grumbach, Jane Hamilton, Jill McCorkle, Alice McDermott, Clarence Major, Howard Norman, Annie Proulx, Joan Silber, Elizabeth Spencer, and Mako Yoshikawa." --,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bryer, J. R. (2019). Why I like this story . Camden House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryer, Jackson R.. 2019. Why I Like This Story. Camden House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryer, Jackson R.. Why I Like This Story Camden House, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bryer, Jackson R.. Why I Like This Story Camden House, 2019.
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