| Editor | Martha Foley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | November 1, 1971 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-0261632363 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1970 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1972 |
The Best American Short Stories 1971 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Russell Banks | "With Ché in New Hampshire" | New American Review |
| 1971 | Hal Bennett | "Dotson Gerber Resurrected" | Playboy |
| 1971 | James Blake | "The Widow, Bereft" | Esquire |
| 1971 | Jack Cady | "I Take Care of Things" | The Yale Review |
| 1971 | Robert Canzoneri | "Barbed Wire" | The Southern Review |
| 1971 | Albert Drake | "The Chicken Which Became a Rat" | Northwest Review |
| 1971 | William Eastlake | "The Dancing Boy" | Evergreen Review |
| 1971 | Beth Harvor | "Pain Was My Portion" | The Hudson Review |
| 1971 | David Madden | "No Trace" | The Southern Review |
| 1971 | Don Mitchell | "Diesel" | Shenandoah |
| 1971 | Marion Montgomery | "The Decline and Fall of Officer Fergerson" | The Georgia Review |
| 1971 | Wright Morris | "Magic" | The Southern Review |
| 1971 | Philip F. O'Connor | "The Gift Bearer" | The Southern Review |
| 1971 | Tillie Olsen | "Requa I" | The Iowa Review |
| 1971 | Ivan Prashker | "Shirt Talk" | Harper's Magazine |
| 1971 | Norman Rush | "In Late Youth" | Epoch |
| 1971 | Danny Santiago | "The Somebody" | Redbook |
| 1971 | Jonathan Strong | "Xavier Fereira's Unfinished Book: Chapter One" | TriQuarterly |
| 1971 | Leonard Tushnet | "The Klausners" | Prairie Schooner |
| 1971 | W. D. Valgardson | "Bloodflowers" | Tamarack Review |
| 1971 | L. Woiwode | "The Suitor" | McCall's |