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| Editor | Katrina Kenison and Louise Erdrich |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published | 1993 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 0395636272 |
| Preceded by | The Best American Short Stories 1992 |
| Followed by | The Best American Short Stories 1994 |
The Best American Short Stories 1993, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Katrina Kenison and by guest editor Louise Erdrich. [1]
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| John Updike | "Playing with Dynamite" | The New Yorker |
| Mary Gaitskill | 'The Girl on the Plane" | Mirabella |
| Alice Munro | "A Real Life" | The New Yorker |
| Larry Woiwode | "Silent Passengers" | The New Yorker |
| Alice Fulton | "Queen Wintergreen" | TriQuarterly |
| Harlan Ellison | "The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore" | Omni |
| Jane Shapiro | "Poltergeists" | The New Yorker |
| Susan Power | "Red Mocassions | Story |
| Thom Jones | "I Want to Live!" | Harper's Magazine |
| Tony Earley | "Charlotte" | Harper's Magazine |
| Janet Peery | "What the Thunder Said" | Black Warrior Review |
| Antonya Nelson | "Naked Ladies" | The New Yorker |
| Stephen Dixon | "Man, Woman, Boy" | Western Humanities Review |
| Andrea Lee | "Winter Barley" | The New Yorker |
| Joanna Scott | "Concerning Mold Upon the Skin, Etc." | Anteaus |
| Wendell Berry | "Pray Without Ceasing" | The Southern Review |
| Kim Edwards | "Gold" | Anteaus |
| Diane Johnson | "Great Barrier Reef" | The New Yorker |
| Lorrie Moore | "Terrific Mother" | The Paris Review |
| Mary Gordon | "The Important Houses" | The New Yorker |
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