You Don't Know What Love Is: Contemporary American Stories

by Ron Hansen (Editor)

Compiled, with a preface, by Ron twenty-four stories about love of all kinds. Includes Margaret Atwood, Charles Baxter, Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, Amy Hempel, John Irving, David Leavitt, Bobbie Ann Mason, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, and Tobias Wolff.

Genres: Fiction

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Ron Hansen is the author of two story collections, two volumes of essays, and nine novels, including most recently The Kid, as well as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film. His novel Atticus was a finalist for the National Book Award. He teaches at Santa Clara University.

Reviews

[Crysty · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Sex Maniac" by Hilma Wolitzer (mother of Meg Wolitzer) is one of the most delightful short stories.

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