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Modern Fiction About Schoolteaching: An Anthology

by Jay S. Blanchard (Editor), Ursula Casanova (Editor)

Other authors: David Adejdouma (Contributor), Isaac Asimov (Contributor), Donald Barthelme (Contributor), Charles Baxter (Contributor), Lucia Berlin (Contributor) — 42 more, Clark Blaise (Contributor), Phillip Bonosky (Contributor), Hortense Calisher (Contributor), Denis Chávez (Contributor), John H. Clarke (Contributor), Robert Coles (Foreword), Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (Contributor), Stanley Ellin (Contributor), Donald Gropman (Contributor), James E. Gunn (Contributor), Jon Hassler (Contributor), Zenna Henderson (Contributor), Lao Hsiang (Contributor), Brian James (Contributor), Edward P. Jones (Contributor), Andrea Freud Loewenstein (Contributor), Bernard MacLaverty (Contributor), Bryan MacMahon (Contributor), Marjorie Marks (Contributor), Hugo Martínez-Serros (Contributor), George Milburn (Contributor), Nicholasa Mohr (Contributor), Ruth Moose (Contributor), R.K. Narayan (Contributor), Abioseh Nicol (Contributor), Joan O'Donovan (Contributor), Barbara Packer (Contributor), Ann Patchett (Contributor), Frances Gray Patton (Contributor), Joanne S. Primoff (Contributor), Abraham Rodriguez Jr. (Contributor), William Saroyan (Contributor), Lynda Schor (Contributor), Paula Sharp (Contributor), Frances Silverberg (Contributor), Maria T. Solari (Contributor), Elizabeth Spencer (Contributor), Eddie Stack (Contributor), Mary Elizabeth Vroman (Contributor), Jacqueline Wilson (Contributor), Richard Yates (Contributor), Spiro Zavos (Contributor)

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Ten chapters, each devoted to an aspect of teaching, contain up to six short stories which illustrate the important lessons of the classroom--those of the mind, the heart, and even the soul.
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Blanchard, Jay S.Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Casanova, UrsulaEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Adejdouma, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Asimov, IsaacContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barthelme, DonaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Baxter, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berlin, LuciaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Blaise, ClarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Calisher, HortenseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chávez, DenisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clarke, John H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Coles, RobertForewordsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Díaz Alfaro, AbelardoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ellin, StanleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gropman, DonaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Hassler, JonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Henderson, ZennaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Contains:
  • Part I. Teaching and learning
    • The heart of this or that man / Donald Gropman
    • Peyo mercé: English teacher / Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
    • A country boy withdraws from school / Lao Hsiang
    • Excerpts from Staggerford / Jon Hassler
    • The boy who couldn't read / Jacqueline Wilson
    • Grade 5B and the well-fed rat / Frances Gray Patton
  • Part II. Connections and relationships
    • El Tim / Lucia Berlin
    • Rules and secrets / Ruth Moose
    • Class wars / Spiro Zavos
    • Doctor Jack-o-Lantern / Richard Yates
    • Untimely aid / Brian James
    • Robert / Stanley Ellin
  • Part III. Families
    • You know what, teacher? / Zenna Henderson
    • The boy without a flag / Abraham Rodriguez, Jr.
    • The exercise / Bernard MacLaverty
    • The second-grade mind / Frances Gray Patton
    • The Bufords / Elizabeth Spencer
    • Father's help / R.K. Narayan
  • Part IV. Special challenges
    • The blue eagle / Barbara Packer
    • A wreath for Miss Totten / Hortense Calisher
    • Space is a solid: Kari Lee / Denis Chávez
    • Class outing / Lynda Schor
    • Little brown Jesus / Joan O'Donovan
  • Part V. A child's point of view
    • The first day / Edward P. Jones
    • Fun with a stranger / Richard Yates
    • The first robin in the world / Phillip Bonosky
    • Books / Paula Sharp
    • Her / Hugo Martínez-Serros
    • The fun they had / Isaac Asimov
  • Part VI. Pride and prejudices
    • The boy who painted Christ black / John H. Clarke
    • See how they run / Mary Elizabeth Vroman
    • As the night the day / Abioseh Nicol
    • Limbo / Eddie Stack
    • Revenge / George Milburn
  • Part VII. Rewards and privileges
    • Awards / Andrea Freud Loewenstein
    • Rebecca by any other name / Frances Silverberg
    • Discipline / Joanne S. Primoff
    • All little colored children should play the harmonica / Ann Patchett
    • The wrong lunch line / Nicholasa Mohr
  • Part VIII. The world beyond
    • Ricardo's war / Hugo Martinez-Serros
    • Citizens of the third grade / William Saroyan
    • How I became a Jew / Clark Blaise
    • The day we discovered we were Black / David Adejdouma
  • Part IX. The world of imagination
    • The windows of wonder / Bryan MacMahon
    • The believing child / Zenna Henderson
    • The anything box / Zenna Henderson
    • Kindergarten / James E. Gunn
  • Part X. Life and death
    • The school / Donald Barthelme
    • Death and transfiguration of a teacher / Maria T. Solari
    • Gryphon / Charles Baxter
    • Death in the fifth grade / Marjorie Marks
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813.0108355Literature › English (North America) › American fiction › By type › Short fiction

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PS648.E33Language and Literature › American literature › American literature › Collections of American literature › Prose (General)

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