short stories, american

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
short stories, american

Imagining America

stories from the promised land
1991
A multicultural anthology of thirty-seven short stories written between 1900 and the early 1990s, telling of how people of African, Asian, Latino, Native American, Jewish, Middle Eastern, and European descent try to reconcile their visions of America with reality.

Early sorrow

ten stories of youth
1986

The color of absence

12 stories about loss and hope
2001
Presents twelve short stories that examine how young people deal with different types of loss.

Great ghost stories

1998
A collection of ghost stories by such authors as H. G. Wells, Madeleine L'Engle, and Bram Stoker.

American short stories =

Amerikanische Kurzgeschichten
1997
A collection of American short stories by authors such as Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and others; presented in English and German on opposing pages.

How beautiful the ordinary

twelve stories of identity
2009
Presents twelve stories by contemporary, award-winning young adult authors, some presented in graphic or letter format, which explore themes of gender identity, love, and sexuality.

The ways of white folks

1990
Collection of fourteen short stories about the daily life of African-Americans sometimes colliding with whites.

The African American West

a century of short stories
2000
A collection of stories written by African-American authors about the American West over the course of the twentieth century.

The Del Rey book of science fiction and fantasy

sixteen original works by speculative fiction's finest voices
2008
An anthology of sixteen science fiction and fantasy stories written by different authors, including Jason Stoddard, Maureen F. McHugh, Lavie Tidbar, and Jeffrey Ford.

Am I blue?

coming out from the silence
1994
A collection of short stories about homosexuality by such authors as Bruce Coville, M.E. Kerr, William Sleator, and Jane Yolen.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - short stories, american