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Why I Like This Story

Contributor(s): Bryer, Jackson R (Editor), Gurney, A R (Contribution by), Cheuse, Alan (Contribution by), McDermott, Alice (Contribution by), Dubus, Andre (Contribution by), Barrett, Andrea (Contribution by), Beattie, Ann (Contribution by), Lowry, Beverly (Contribution by), Major, Clarence (Contribution by), Wagman, Diana (Contribution by), Betts, Doris (Contribution by), Grumbach, Doris (Contribution by), Proulx, E Annie (Contribution by), Keeley, Edmund (Contribution by), Moore, Edward Kelsey (Contribution by), Spencer, Elizabeth (Contribution by), Douglas, Ellen (Contribution by), Ackerman, Elliot (Contribution by), Busch, Frederick (Contribution by), Garrett, George (Contribution by), Gold, Herbert (Contribution by), Norman, Howard (Contribution by), Greer, Jack (Contribution by), Bryer, Jackson R (Contribution by), Hamilton, Jane (Contribution by), McCorkle, Jill (Contribution by), Silber, Joan (Contribution by), Scott, Joanna (Contribution by), Kornblatt, Joyce (Contribution by), Alvarez, Julia (Contribution by), Glass, Julia (Contribution by), Yang, Kao Kalia (Contribution by), Christensen, Kate (Contribution by), Abbott, Lee K (Contribution by), Pietrzyk, Leslie (Contribution by), Yoshikawa, Mako (Contribution by), Zuravleff, Mary Kay (Contribution by), Settle, Mary Lee (Contribution by), Casey, Maud (Contribution by), Giles, Molly (Contribution by), Delbanco, Nicholas (Contribution by), Grushin, Olga (Contribution by), Erens, Pamela (Contribution by), Dillard, R H W (Contribution by), Bausch, Richard (Contribution by), Askew, Rilla (Contribution by), Scott, Rion Amilcar (Contribution by), Murray, Sabina (Contribution by), Coll, Susan (Contribution by), Gass, William H (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781640140585

Publisher: Camden House (NY)

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Pub Date: June 17, 2019

Dewey: 028.9

LCCN: 2019008516

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.30" H x 8.60" L x 5.50" W ( 1.50 lbs) 364 pages

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Description: Presents essays by leading short-story writers on their favorite American short stories and why they like them. It will send readers to the library or bookstore to read - or re-read - the stories selected.

Brief description: JACKSON R. BRYER is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Maryland.

Review Quotes: Insightful and personal (but not academic), these essays should be warmly welcomed by any fan of short fiction.-- "LIBRARY JOURNAL"

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