 Title page for The Best American Short Stories 1957 | |
| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-9997371652 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1956 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1958 |
The Best American Short Stories 1957 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. [1]
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]
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson Algren | "Beasts of the Wild" | New World Writing |
| Gina Berriault | "Around the Dear Ruin" | The Paris Review |
| Doris Betts | "The Proud and Virtuous" | Mademoiselle |
| Frank Butler | "To The Wilderness I Wander" | The Hudson Review |
| Wyatt Rainey Blassingame | "Man’s Courage" | Harper's Magazine |
| Walter Clemons | "The Dark Roots of the Rose" | Harper's Bazaar |
| Evan S. Connell Jr. | "Arcturus" | Western Review |
| Harris Downey | "The Song" | Prairie Schooner |
| William Eastlake | "The Unhappy Hunting Grounds" | The Hudson Review |
| Nancy Hale | "A Summer’s Long Dream" | The New Yorker |
| John Langdon | "The Blue Serge Suit" | The Paris Review |
| Thomas Mabry | "Lula Borrow" | The Sewanee Review |
| Winona McClintic | "A Heart of Furious Fancies" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Tillie Olsen | "I Stand Here Ironing" | The Pacific Spectator |
| Anthony Robinson | "The Farlow Express" | Prairie Schooner |
| Rosanne Smith Robinson | "The Impossible He" | Quixote |
| John Campbell Smith | "Run, Run Away, Brother" | The Yale Review |
| Henrietta Weigel | "Saturday Is A Poor Man’s Port" | Quixote |
| Gordon Woodward | "Escape to the City" | Maclean’s Magazine |
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