The Best American Short Stories 1980

by Stanley Elkin (Editor), Shannon Ravenel (Series editor)

Other authors: Donald Barthelme (Contributor), Frederick Busch (Contributor), David Evanier (Contributor), Mavis Gallant (Contributor), William H. Gass (Contributor) — 16 more, T. Gertler (Contributor), Elizabeth Hardwick (Contributor), Larry Heinemann (Contributor), Robert Henderson (Contributor), Curt Johnson (Contributor), Grace Paley (Contributor), James Robison (Contributor), Leon Rooke (Contributor), John Sayles (Contributor), Isaac Bashevis Singer (Contributor), Richard Stern (Contributor), Barry Targan (Contributor), Peter Taylor (Contributor), John Updike (Contributor), Norman Waksler (Contributor), Gordon Weaver (Contributor)

Series: The Best American Short Stories (1980), Best American (1980)

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A collection of short stories of both established and newly discovered writers published during 1980, including such favorites as Updike, Singer, Hardwick and Taylor as well as Gass, Sayles, and others.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Elkin, Stanley	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Ravenel, Shannon	Series editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Barthelme, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Busch, Frederick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Evanier, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gallant, Mavis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gass, William H.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gertler, T.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hardwick, Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Heinemann, Larry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Henderson, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, Curt	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Paley, Grace	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Robison, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rooke, Leon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sayles, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Singer, Isaac Bashevis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stern, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Targan, Barry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Taylor, Peter	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Updike, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Waksler, Norman	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Weaver, Gordon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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