The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story

by John Freeman (Editor)

Other authors: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Contributor), Dorothy Allison (Contributor), Toni Cade Bambara (Contributor), Rick Bass (Contributor), Lucia Berlin (Contributor) — 32 more, Raymond Carver (Contributor), Ted Chiang (Contributor), Sandra Cisneros (Contributor), Edwidge Danticat (Contributor), Lydia Davis (Contributor), Junot Diaz (Contributor), Stuart Dybek (Contributor), Nathan Englander (Contributor), Louise Erdrich (Contributor), Percival Everett (Contributor), Lauren Groff (Contributor), Aleksandar Hemon (Contributor), Andrew Holleran (Contributor), Charles Johnson (Contributor), Denis Johnson (Contributor), Jamaica Kincaid (Contributor), Stephen King (Contributor), Jhumpa Lahiri (Contributor), Ursula K Le Guin (Contributor), Ken Liu (Contributor), Manuel Munoz (Contributor), Tim O'Brien (Contributor), Julie Otsuka (Contributor), Grace Paley (Contributor), Karen Russell (Contributor), George Saunders (Contributor), Isaac Bashevis Singer (Contributor), Susan Sontag (Contributor), Alice Walker (Contributor), Claire Vaye Watkins (Contributor), Joy Williams (Contributor), Tobias Wolff (Contributor)

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"A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman"--

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Freeman, John	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Allison, Dorothy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bambara, Toni Cade	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bass, Rick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Berlin, Lucia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carver, Raymond	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chiang, Ted	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cisneros, Sandra	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Danticat, Edwidge	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Davis, Lydia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Diaz, Junot	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dybek, Stuart	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Englander, Nathan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Erdrich, Louise	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Everett, Percival	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Groff, Lauren	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hemon, Aleksandar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Holleran, Andrew	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Johnson, Denis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kincaid, Jamaica	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
King, Stephen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lahiri, Jhumpa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Le Guin, Ursula K	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Liu, Ken	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Munoz, Manuel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Brien, Tim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Otsuka, Julie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Paley, Grace	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Russell, Karen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Saunders, George	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Singer, Isaac Bashevis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sontag, Susan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Walker, Alice	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Watkins, Claire Vaye	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams, Joy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolff, Tobias	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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"A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman"--

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