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Prize Stories 1990: The O. Henry Awards
"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction"--The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1990 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.
Stories include:
Leo E. Litwak "The Eleventh Edition" (first prize)
Peter Matthiessen "Lumumba Lives" (second prize)
Lore Segal "The Reverse Bug" (third prize)
Joyce Carol Oates "Heat"
Carolyn Osborn "The Grands"
James P. Blaylock "Unidentified Objects"
Jane Brown Gillette "Sins Against Animals"
Julie Schumacher "The Private Life of Robert Schumann"
Joanne Greenberg "Elizabeth Baird"
Alice Adams "1940: Fall"
T. Coraghessan Boyle "The Ape Lady in Retirement"
Marilyn Sides "The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife"
David Michael Kaplan "Stand"
Meredith Steinbach "In Recent History"
Claudia Smith Brinson "Einstein's Daughter"
Felicia Ackerman "The Forecasting Game"
Reginald McKnight "The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas"
Bruce Fleming "The Autobiography of Gertrude Stein"
Devon Jersild "In Which John Imagines His Mind as a Pond"
Janice Eidus "Vito Loves Geraldine"
"One of the most welcome signs of the literary spring is the appearance of the annual O. Henry Awards collection."--Los Angeles Times
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1990 gathers 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.
Stories include:
Leo E. Litwak "The Eleventh Edition" (first prize)
Peter Matthiessen "Lumumba Lives" (second prize)
Lore Segal "The Reverse Bug" (third prize)
Joyce Carol Oates "Heat"
Carolyn Osborn "The Grands"
James P. Blaylock "Unidentified Objects"
Jane Brown Gillette "Sins Against Animals"
Julie Schumacher "The Private Life of Robert Schumann"
Joanne Greenberg "Elizabeth Baird"
Alice Adams "1940: Fall"
T. Coraghessan Boyle "The Ape Lady in Retirement"
Marilyn Sides "The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife"
David Michael Kaplan "Stand"
Meredith Steinbach "In Recent History"
Claudia Smith Brinson "Einstein's Daughter"
Felicia Ackerman "The Forecasting Game"
Reginald McKnight "The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas"
Bruce Fleming "The Autobiography of Gertrude Stein"
Devon Jersild "In Which John Imagines His Mind as a Pond"
Janice Eidus "Vito Loves Geraldine"
"One of the most welcome signs of the literary spring is the appearance of the annual O. Henry Awards collection."--Los Angeles Times
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448 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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August 16, 2021
Twenty short stories judged by the editor as the best by American writers and published in American magazines between the summers of 1988 and 1989, beginning with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners. I found all of them enjoyable and over half to be superb. Surprisingly, fourteen of these were by authors I had not read before.
The most impressive were: “The Eleventh Edition” by Leo E. Litwak (1st Prize); “Lumumba Lives” by Peter Matthiessen (2nd Prize); “The Reverse Bug” by Lore Segal (3rd Prize); “Heat” by Joyce Carol Oates; “Unidentified Objects” by James P. Blaylock; “1940:Fall” by Alice Adams; “The Ape Lady in Retirement” by T. Coraghessan Boyle; “The Island of the Mapmaker’s Wife” by Marilyn Sides; “Einstein’s Daughter” by Claudia Smith Brinson; “The Forecasting Game: A Story” by Felicia Ackerman; and “The Autobiography of Gertrude Stein” by Bruce E. Fleming.
The most impressive were: “The Eleventh Edition” by Leo E. Litwak (1st Prize); “Lumumba Lives” by Peter Matthiessen (2nd Prize); “The Reverse Bug” by Lore Segal (3rd Prize); “Heat” by Joyce Carol Oates; “Unidentified Objects” by James P. Blaylock; “1940:Fall” by Alice Adams; “The Ape Lady in Retirement” by T. Coraghessan Boyle; “The Island of the Mapmaker’s Wife” by Marilyn Sides; “Einstein’s Daughter” by Claudia Smith Brinson; “The Forecasting Game: A Story” by Felicia Ackerman; and “The Autobiography of Gertrude Stein” by Bruce E. Fleming.
June 29, 2018
Date read: 21.06.2018
Date of review:
Rating: 3.75/5
Happy Reading!
- Love, Devashree
Date of review:
Rating: 3.75/5
Happy Reading!
- Love, Devashree
March 25, 2021
Not their best year.
January 11, 2008
Favorites:
Lamumba Lives - Peter Matthiessen
Heat - Joyce Carol Oates
Unidentified Objects - James P. Blaylock
Elizabeth Baird - Joanne Greenberg
The Ape Lady in Retirement - T. Coraghessen Boyle
Lamumba Lives - Peter Matthiessen
Heat - Joyce Carol Oates
Unidentified Objects - James P. Blaylock
Elizabeth Baird - Joanne Greenberg
The Ape Lady in Retirement - T. Coraghessen Boyle
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