The Best American Short Stories, 1978Shannon Ravenel, Ted Solotaroff Short stories by Ian McEwan, Max Schott, Paul Bowles, Peter Marsh, James Kaplan, Joy Williams, Mark Helprin, Peter Taylor, Tim McCarthy, Stanley Elkin, Harold Brodkey, Leslie Epstein, Natalie Petesch, Robert Sorrells, Jonathan Baumbach, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Cullinan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Lhluchan Sintetos, Theodore Solotaroff, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, John Gardner, Mary Ann Malinchak Rishel, and more. |
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SKATERS ON WOOD Leslie Epstein | 1 |
THE TRANSLATION Joyce Carol Oates | 26 |
VA GOOD LOSER Elizabeth Cullinan | 46 |
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