CONTENTS
Introduction by Carver and Jenks
James Baldwin Sonny’s Blues
Ann Beattie Weekend
Gina Berriault The Bystander
Vance Bourjaily The Amish Farmer
Richard Brautigan 1/3, 1/3, 1/3
Harold Brodkey Verona: A Young Woman Speaks
Carol Bly Talk of Heroes
Raymond Carver Fever
Evan S. Connell The Fisherman from Chihuahua
Frank Conroy Midair
E. L. Doctorow Willi
Andre Dubus The Fat Girl
Stanley Elkin A Poetics for Bullies
Richard Ford Rock Springs
Tess Gallagher The Lover of Horses
John Gardner Redemption
Gail Godwin Dream Children
Lawrence Sargent Hall The Ledge
Barry Hannah Water Liars
Mark Helprin Letters from the Samantha
Ursula K. Le Guin Ile Forest
Bernard Malamud The Magic Barrel
Bobbie Ann Mason Shiloh
James Alan McPherson The Story of a Scar
Leonard Michaels Murderers
Arthur Miller The Misfits
Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Flannery O’Connor A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Grace Paley The Used-Boy Raisers
Jayne Anne Phillips The Heavenly Animal
David Quammen Walking Out
Philip Roth The Conversion of Jews
James Salter Akhnilo
John Updike The Christian Roommates
Joy Williams The Wedding
Tobias Wolff The Liar