Synopses & Reviews
Offering 3 stories by 33 authors, 3 X 33 combines both a breadth and depth not seen in other contemporary or modern short fiction anthologies.
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"I think the selections are terrific, and the ideas underlying the book are also terrific."
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"The alphabetical arrangement of the course material seems democratic and not overly prescriptive, as organizing the material historically might be."
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"3 X 33 may be unique in combining both breadth and depth in its selection of contemporary authors. For instructors looking for a short fiction anthology focused on mid-to-late Twentieth Century works with a good selection from each author, 3 X 33 may be ideal."
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"The selections, for the most part, are great. I think Winegardner avoids the mistake of selecting stories just because they are easily 'teachable'. So many anthologies do this and you're left to wonder why the student is being asked to read the least ambitious of, say, Alice Munro's stories."
About the Author
MARK WINEGARDNER, Professor, MFA George Mason University, the Director of the Creative Writing Program, teaches fiction and nonfiction workshops, as well as American literature and the short story. Winegardner has won grants, fellowships and residencies from the Ohio Arts Council, the Lilly Endowment, the Ragdale Foundation, the Sewanee Writers Conference and the Corporation of Yaddo. His books have been chosen as among the best of the year by The New York Times Book Review, the New York Public Library, The American Library Association, USA Today, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Sun-Times. In 2002 he was named the Burroway Professor of English. He has also served as a national board member of the Associated Writing Programs. His short stories have appeared in "New Stories from the South: TheYears Best" and been cited as Distinguished Stories in "The Best American Stories Stories." He is also the author of the novels "The Veracruz Blues" and "Crooked River Burning." His next novel, a sequel to Mario Puzos "The Godfather," will be published in 2004.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. SHERMAN ALEXIE: Introduced by Junot Diaz. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona. The Toughest Indian in the World. MARGARET ATWOOD: Introduced by Percival Everett. Happy Endings. Death by Landscape. True Trash. JAMES BALDWIN: Introduced by Ben Niehart. Sonnys Blues. Going To Meet the Man. Exodus. TONI CADE BAMBARA: Introduced by David Haynes. My Man Bovanne. The Lesson. The Organizers Wife. ANDREA BARRETT: Introduced by Frederick Reiken The Behavior of the Hawkwinds. Birds with No Feet. Servents of the Map. DONALD BARTHELME: Introduced by Jonathan Lethem. A City of Churches. The School. Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning. RICHARD BAUSCH: Introduction by Robert Bausch. The Man who Knew Belle Starr. What Feels Like the World. Tandolfo the Great. CHARLES BAXTER: Introduced by Elwood Reid. Gryphon. Westland. Shelter. ANN BEATTIE: Introduced by Heidi Julavitz.Janus. The Burning House. Park City. ROBERT OLEN BUTLER: Introduced by Ann Patchett. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot. This is Earl Sandt. RAYMOND CARVER: Introduced by Dan Chaon. Are These Actual Miles? What We Talk About Love. Cathedral. JOHN CHEEVER: Introduced by Richard Russo. Goodbye, My Brother. The Country Husband. The Swimmer. JUNOT DIAZ: Introduced by ZZ Packer. Ysrael. Fiesta, 1980. The Sun, the Moon, the Stars. CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI: Introduced by Elizabeth Stuckey-French. Mrs Dutta Writes a Letter. The Lives of Strangers. The Blooming Season for Cacti. LOUISE ERDRICH: Introduced by Brady Udall. The Red Convertible. Saint Marie. Satan: Highjacker of a Planet. RICHARD FORD: Introduced by Sheila Kohler. Rock Springs. Communist. Under the Radar. BARRY HANNAH: Introduced by Tom Franklin. Testimony of Pilot. Water Liars. Constant Pain in Tuscaloosa. GISH JEN: Introduced by Millicent Dillon. The Water Faucet Vision. Birthmates. Whos Irish. JAMAICA KINCAID: Introduced by Victor Lavalle. Girl. Figures in the Distance. Xuela. BERNARD MALAMUD: Introduced by Debra Spark. The Magic Barrel. The Last Mohican. The Jewbird. RICK MOODY: Introduced by Ken Foster. The Grid. The Apocalyptic Commentary of Bob Paisner. Demonology. LORRIE MOORE: Introduced by Elissa Schappell. How To Become a Writer. Youre Ugly, Too. People Like That Are the Only People Here. ALICE MUNRO: Introduced by Lorrie Moore. Walker Brothers Cowboy. Friend of My Youth. Save the Reaper. ANTONYA NELSON: Introduced by Charles Baxter. The Control Group. Naked Ladies. Female Trouble. JOYCE CAROL OATES: Introduced by Jennifer Egan. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Life After High School. Ghost Girls. TIM OBRIEN: Introduction by Juliana Baggott. The Things The Carried. Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong. Half Gone. FLANNERY OCONNOR: Introduced by Antonya Nelson. A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Everything That Rises. Good Country People. GRACE PALEY: Introduced by Amy Bloom. An Interest in Life. Wants. A Conversation w/My Father. GEORGE SAUDERS: Introduction by Aimee Bender.CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. Sea Oak. Winky. JOHN UPDIKE: Introduced by Brock Clarke. A&P. Pigeon Feathers. A Sandstone Farmhouse. EUDORA WELTY: Introduced by Lee Smith. A Worn Path. Why I Live at the P.O. No Place for You, My Love. TOBIAS WOLFF: Introduced by Adam Johnson. Hunters in the Snow. The Rich Brother. Bullet in the Brain. RICHARD YATES: Introduced by Stewart ONan. The Best of Everything. No Pain Whatsoever. Oh, Joseph, Im So Tired. APPENDICES.