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The Best American Short Stories 1984

by John Updike (Editor), Shannon Ravenel (Series editor)

Other authors: Lee K. Abbott (Contributor), Madison Smartt Bell (Contributor), Dianne Benedict (Contributor), Paul Bowles (Contributor), Mary Ward Brown (Contributor)15 more, Rick DeMarinis (Contributor), Andre Dubus (Contributor), Mavis Gallant (Contributor), Mary Hood (Contributor), Donald Justice (Contributor), Stephen Kirk (Contributor), Susan Minot (Contributor), Wright Morris (Contributor), Joyce Carol Oates (Contributor), Cynthia Ozick (Contributor), Lowry Pei (Contributor), Jonathan Penner (Contributor), Norman Rush (Contributor), James Salter (Contributor), Jeanne Schinto (Contributor)

Series: The Best American Short Stories (1984), Best American (1984)

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"Again, with this 1984 volume, the best continue to select the 'Best.' This year the leading American fiction writer serving as guest editor is John Updike, and his choices reflect the variety and vigor that has returned to the American short story in this decade."
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Updike, JohnEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ravenel, ShannonSeries editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Abbott, Lee K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bell, Madison SmarttContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Benedict, DianneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bowles, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brown, Mary WardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
DeMarinis, RickContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dubus, AndreContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gallant, MavisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hood, MaryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Justice, DonaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kirk, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Minot, SusanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Morris, WrightContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Oates, Joyce CarolContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ozick, CynthiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pei, LowryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Penner, JonathanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rush, NormanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Salter, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schinto, JeanneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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"Again, with this 1984 volume, the best continue to select the 'Best.' This year the leading American fiction writer serving as guest editor is John Updike, and his choices reflect the variety and vigor that has returned to the American short story in this decade."

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