Martha Foley (1897–1977)
Author of 200 Years of Great American Short Stories
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
All the Best American Short Stories 19XX are combined with the Best American Short Stories; The Yearbook of American Short Stories 19xx of the same year, because it seems that all those Best American Short Stories volumes include that yearbook. It's simply a question of whether it's been included in the work title or not. Hope that's clear.
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Works by Martha Foley
Associated Works
The Best Short Stories of 1937 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1937) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1931 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1931) — Contributor — 7 copies, 1 review
The Best Short Stories of 1936 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1936) — Contributor — 5 copies
Modern Short Stories — Contributor — 3 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1933 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1933) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1897-03-21
- Date of death
- 1977-09-05
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Boston Girls' Latin School
Boston University - Occupations
- journalist
editor - Organizations
- Story Magazine
- Relationships
- Burnett, Whit (husband)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA - Place of death
- Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
- Disambiguation notice
- All the Best American Short Stories 19XX are combined with the Best American Short Stories; The Yearbook of American Short Stories 19xx of the same year, because it seems that all those Best American Short Stories volumes include that yearbook. It's simply a question of whether it's been included in the work title or not. Hope that's clear.
- Associated Place (for map)
- Massachusetts, USA
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Reviews
Going by what's found in this collection, the late 1950s was certainly a fertile time for American fiction. This excellent volume includes stories by Nelson Algren, Gina Berriault, Evan S. Connell, Jr., William Eastlake, Flannery O'Connor ("Greenleaf"), and Tillie Olson, to name the more famous authors.
Of the writers who were new to me, the highlights were "Man's Courage" about a Black officer at an Army training camp in the South, by Wyatt Blasingame, "Run, Run Away, Brother," about a man show more thinking back ruefully about his boyhood treatment of his brother, who has died in World War 2, by John Campbell Smith, "Saturday is a Poor Man's Sport," a story about sadness and loneliness (but still somehow beautiful) in a boarding house, by Henrietta Wiegel, and a quiet lovely story, again about brothers, called "Escape to the City," by Gordon Woodward. show less
Of the writers who were new to me, the highlights were "Man's Courage" about a Black officer at an Army training camp in the South, by Wyatt Blasingame, "Run, Run Away, Brother," about a man show more thinking back ruefully about his boyhood treatment of his brother, who has died in World War 2, by John Campbell Smith, "Saturday is a Poor Man's Sport," a story about sadness and loneliness (but still somehow beautiful) in a boarding house, by Henrietta Wiegel, and a quiet lovely story, again about brothers, called "Escape to the City," by Gordon Woodward. show less
This remains one of my favorite short story collections. Martha Foley has collected a variegated batch of short stories from authors famous and not-so, creating a mosaic of American life. The range of styles and subjects keep things fresh from story to story, and this collection shows Foley's strengths and entertains at the same time.
A fiftieth anniversary collection of the annual selections of best short story from The Best American Short Stories. Authors in this collection represent a Who's Who of American finest fiction writers.
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- Rating
- 3.4
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