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The Best American Short Stories 1971The Best American Short Stories 1971

The Best American Short Stories 1971

Norman Rush, Albert Drake, David Burnett, W. D. Valgardson, Danny Santiago, Beth Harvor, Martha Foley, Larry Woiwode, Jonathan Strong, Wright Morris, Russell Banks, William Eastlake, Leonard Tushnet, Robert Canzoneri, Tillie Olsen, Philip F. O'Connor, Ivan Prashker, David Madden, Jack Cady, Marion Montgomery

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The Stories Chosen for This Year's Anthology: ---------------------------------------- ---------- <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Author</th> <th>(Originally <br>Published In)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>With Che In New Hampshire</td> <td>Russell Banks</td> <td>(New American Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dotson Gerber Resurrected</td> <td>Hal Bennett</td> <td>(Playboy)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Widow, Bereft</td> <td>James Blake</td> <td>(Esquire)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>I Take Care Of Things</td> <td>Jack Cady</td> <td>(The Yale Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Barbed Wire</td> <td>Robert Canzoneri</td> <td>(The Southern Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Chicken Which Became A Rat</td> <td>Albert Drake</td> <td>(The Northwest Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Dancing Boy</td> <td>William Eastlake</td> <td>(Evergreen Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pain Was My Portion</td> <td>Beth Harvor</td> <td>(The Hudson Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>No Trace</td> <td>David Madden</td> <td>(The Southern Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Diesel</td> <td>Don Mitchell</td> <td>(Shenandoah)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Decline and Fall of Officer Fergerson</td> <td>Marion Montgomery</td> <td>(The Georgia Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Magic</td> <td>Wright Morris</td> <td>(The Southern Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Gift Bearer</td> <td>Philip F. O'Connor</td> <td>(The Southern Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Requa I</td> <td>Tillie Olsen</td> <td>(The Iowa Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shirt Talk</td> <td>Ivan Prashker</td> <td>(Harper's Magazine)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In Late Youth</td> <td>Norman Rush</td> <td>(Epoch)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Somebody</td> <td>Danny Santiago</td> <td>(Redbook)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Xavier Fereira's Unfinished Book: Chapter One</td> <td>Jonathan Strong</td> <td>(Triquarterly)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Klausners</td> <td>Leonard Tushnet</td> <td>(Prairie Schooner)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bloodflowers</td> <td>W. D. Valgardson</td> <td>(Tamarack Review)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Suitor</td> <td>L. Woiwode</td> <td>(Mccall's Magazine)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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The Best [American] Short Stories [click to find all works in series]Short StoriesAmerican Short storiesBibliographyPeriodicalsAmerican FictionAnthologySeriesAnnual SeriesShort stories, americanNouvelles américainesRoman américain

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