On writing short stories / [edited by] Tom Bailey ; with a foreword by Tobias Wolff.
Bailey, Tom, 1961-; Wolff, Tobias, 1945-
2011
PN3373 .O52 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
On writing short stories / [edited by] Tom Bailey ; with a foreword by Tobias Wolff.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780195395655 (paperback)
0195395654 (paperback)
Publication Details
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xix, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
PN3373 .O52 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
808.3/1
Summary
On Writing Short Stories, Second Edition, explores the art and craft of writing short fiction by bringing together nine original essays by professional writers and thirty-three examples of short fiction. The first section features original essays by well-known authors--including Francine Prose, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andre Dubus--that guide students through the process of writing. Focusing on the characteristics and craft of the short story and its writer, these essays take students from the workshopping process all the way through to the experience of working with agents and publishers. The second part of the text is an anthology of stories--many referred to in the essays--that give students dynamic examples of technique brought to life.
In this second edition, author-editor Tom Bailey brings the text up-to-date with new and revised essays alongside classic pieces by Robert Coles and Frank Conroy and a foreword by Tobias Wolff. In the anthology, Bailey retains many of the classics such as Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and adds new styles and diverse voices to broaden the scope of the short fiction landscape presented here. --Book Jacket.
Note
Includes index.
Added Author
Bailey, Tom, 1961-
Wolff, Tobias, 1945-
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pt. 1 On Writing Short Stories
What Makes a Short Story? / Francine Prose
Reading as a Writer: The Artist as Craftsman / Joyce Carol Oates
Character, Plot, Setting and Time, Metaphor, and Voice / Tom Bailey
The Voice of Desire: Character
The "Why?" Behind the Power of Plot: Shaping the Short Story
The Lesser Angels of Fiction: Setting and Time
"The Connectedness of All Living Things": Metaphor
The Writer's Signature: Voice
The Writer's Workshop / Frank Conroy
Whose Story Is It? The Anonymous Workshop / Antonya Nelson
After the Workshop: Transitional Drafts / Robert Boswell
The Habit of Writing / Andre Dubus
Why Write? Taking on the World / Robert Coles
Publishers and Publishing / C. Michael Curtis
pt. 2 Short Stories
The String / Guy De Maupassant
The Lady with the Pet Dog / Anton Chekhov
Eveline / James Joyce.

Patriotism / Yukio Mishima
Hills Like White Elephants / Ernest Hemingway
I Stand Here Ironing / Tillie Olsen
A Rose for Emily / William Faulkner
The Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck
The Shawl / Cynthia Ozick
Everything That Rises Must Converge / Flannery O'Connor
A & P / John Updike
Happy Endings / Margaret Atwood
Heat / Joyce Carol Oates
Cathedral / Raymond Carver
North Light
A Recollection in the Present Tense / Mark Helprin
From Black Tickets: Wedding Picture; The Powder of the Angels, and I'm Yours; Stripper; Cheers / Jayne Anne Phillips
Wickedness / Ron Hansen
Braids / David Leavitt
A Temporary Matter / Jhumpa Lahiri
Alaska / Tom Franklin
Nilda / Junot Diaz
The Fireman / Rick Bass
Snow Dreams / Tom Bailey
The Payoff / Susan Perabo
The Darkness of Love / Robert Boswell
A Father's Story / Andre Dubus
Dick / Antonya Nelson
Brownies / ZZ Packer
Lust / Susan Minot
Bullet in the Brain / Tobias Wolff.

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