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You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe
by Ron Hansen
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message 1: by Paul (last edited 01/13/2008 05:25AM)
01/13/2008 05:25AM

416390 I have this on my shelf too, and as always, it's hit and miss, awe or no awe.

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message 2: by Ruth
01/13/2008 08:22AM

335159 To make things easier, we at Constant Reader always use an anthology as the backbone of our Short Stories section. Right now it's this one. The pairing of the stories with intros by different writers has been very interesting. We're nearing the end of this book now. Do you have any suggestions for another good anthology?



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message 3: by Ginnie
01/13/2008 08:44AM

354189 Thank you, thank you for using You've Got to Read This.
At least I currently own this - I have given (lent?) copies to so many people either the editors or Amazon should start paying me.

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message 4: by Paul
01/13/2008 09:10AM

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message 5: by Ruth
01/13/2008 09:49AM

335159 Thanks, Paul. I'll keep it in mind for when we need a new collection.

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message 6: by Ginnie
01/13/2008 05:19PM

354189 Paul,
The anthology you suggested is out of print in this country. Even my largish public library doesn't have it. There is the doorstop size collection, The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series) edited by John Updike that had Uncle-Tom-Cobley-And-All in it. i checked on the similar one to yours published by Granta - same story - OP.

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message 7: by Paul
01/13/2008 10:18PM

416390 Did you say you looked at this one -

http://www.goodreads.com/book/...



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message 8: by Ruth
01/14/2008 09:06AM

335159 I think I own the previous edition. I'll make note of it. Thanks Paul.

R

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message 9: by Paul
01/14/2008 11:10AM

416390 I believe this new one is completely different, but that would need checking.

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message 10: by Ginnie
01/14/2008 11:17AM

354189 Euth,
Paul is correct. It was the older Granta edition that is OP - no surprise since Grove has the new one out in 2007.
B & N has a Table of Contents feature here;

http://search.barnesandnoble.c...



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