The Best American Short Stories 1952

The Best American Short Stories 1952

Editor	Martha Foley
Language	English
Series	The Best American Short Stories
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-9997371546
Preceded by	The Best American Short Stories 1951
Followed by	The Best American Short Stories 1953

The Best American Short Stories 1952 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ^[1]

Background

The series is considered one of the "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction" ^[2] and has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

In particular, the Willa Cather Review wrote that The Best American Short Stories series "became a repository of values" for creative writing programs, college libraries, and literary magazines. ^[6] The Los Angeles Times , reflecting on the hundred-year anniversary of the series, noted that it eventually became an "institution" itself, often being taught in classrooms. ^[7]

Short stories included

Author	Story	Source
Bill Berge	"That Lovely Green Boat"	Furioso
Robert O. Bowen	"The Other River"	Western Review
Kay Boyle	"The Lost"	Tomorrow
Ray Bradbury	"The Other Foot"	New-Story
Hortense Calisher	"A Wreath For Miss Totten"	Mademoiselle
Nancy Cardozo	"The Unborn Ghosts"	The New Yorker
Nancy G. Chaikin	"The Climate of the Family"	Mademoiselle
Ann Chidester	"Wood Smoke"	Harper's Bazaar
Charles Edward Eaton	"The Motion Of Forgetfulness Is Slow"	Epoch
George P. Elliot	"Children of Ruth"	The Hudson Review
Elizabeth Enright	"The First Face"	The New Yorker
Hugh Garner	"The Conversion of Willie Heaps"	The Northern Review
Martha Gellhorn	"Weekend At Grimsby"	The Atlantic Monthly
Emilie Glen	"Always Good For A Belly Laugh"	Prairie Schooner
Nancy Hale	"Brahmin Beachhead"	Town and Country
Philip Horton	"What's In A Corner"	New Mexico Quarterly
Susan Kuehn	"The Searchers "	Harper's Magazine
Bethel Laurence	"The Call"	Today's Woman
Frank Rooney	"Cyclists' Raid"	Harper's Magazine
William Saroyan	"Palo"	Tomorrow
Stuart Schulberg	"I'm Really Fine"	New-Story
Jean Stafford	"The Healthiest Girl In Town"	The New Yorker
Wallace Stegner	"The Traveler"	Harper's Magazine
James Still	"A Ride On The Short Dog"	The Atlantic Monthly
Harvey Swados	"The Letters"	The Hudson Review
Mark Van Doren	"Nobody Say A Word"	Harper's Magazine
Daniel Waldron	"Evensong"	New-Story
Christine Weston	"Loud Sing Cuckoo"	Mademoiselle
Hisaye Yamamoto	"Yoneko's Earthquake"	Furioso

References

1. Foley, Martha, ed. (June 1, 1952). The Best American Short Stories 1952. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   978-9997371546.
2. "Short and Sweet" by Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 11/05/99, issue 511, page 73.
3. "The Best American Short Stories of the Century," Publishers Weekly , 3/8/1999, volume 246, issue 10, page 47.
4. Hempel, Amy (1986-02-09). "The Best American Short Stories 1985 : edited by Gail Godwin with Shannon Ravenel (Houghton Mifflin; $14.95, hardcover; $8.95, paperback; 300 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
5. "Best Stories of the Century? Not Quite, but Close Enough". Observer. 1999-05-10. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
6. "'Long-Cellared Wine': 'Double Birthday,' Edward J. H. O'Brien, and the Best American Short Stories Series" by Timothy W. Bintrim and Scott Riner, Willa Cather Review, spring 2023, volume 64, issue 1, page 18.
7. "Review: '100 Years of Best American Short Stories' is vital yet flawed for loading the canon". Los Angeles Times. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2025-04-10.