Book Opening: This hefty little anthology has been sitting on my bookshelf daring me to take it down. All in all, there are 60 short stories ranging f...moreBook Opening: This hefty little anthology has been sitting on my bookshelf daring me to take it down. All in all, there are 60 short stories ranging from a few pages to a few more. It has been a while since I've read this master of American prose, and I'm ready for some of the down to earth but literary old master's words. If I do grow tired of the 814 pages of text, I can always take a break in the middle - it's just a bunch of short stories after all. Here we go!(less)