TY - BOOK AU - Marcus,Ben TI - The Anchor book of new American short stories SN - 1400034825 (pbk.) AV - PS 648 A539 2004 U1 - 813.010805 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Anchor Books KW - Short stories, American KW - American fiction KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Cuentos estadounidenses KW - Colecciones KW - Novela estadounidense KW - Siglo XX KW - Siglo XXI KW - United States KW - Social life and customs KW - Fiction KW - Estados Unidos KW - Vida social y costumbres KW - Novela N1 - Introduction / Ben Marcus -- Sea Oak / George Saunders -- Everything ravaged, everything burned / Wells Tower -- Do not disturb / A.M. Homes -- Gentleman's agreement / Mark Richard -- The girl in the flammable skirt / Aimee Bender -- The caretaker / Anthony Doerr -- I'm slavering / Sam Lipsyte -- The old dictionary / Lydia Davis -- The father's blessing / Mary Caponegro -- The life and work of Alphonse Kauders / Aleksandar Hemon -- The paperhanger / William Gay -- People shouldn't have to be the ones to tell you / Gary Lutz -- Histories of the undead / Kate Braverman -- You drive / Christine Schutt -- When Mr. Pirzada came to dine / Jhumpa Lahiri -- Down the road / Stephen Dixon -- All American / Diane Williams -- X number of possibilities / Joanna Scott -- Two brothers / Brian Evenson -- Tiny, smiling daddy / Mary Gaitskill -- Someone to talk to / Deborah Eisenberg -- Brief interviews with hideous men / David Foster Wallace -- Where I work / Ann Cummins -- The sound gun / Matthew Derby -- Short talks / Anne Carson -- Up the Old Goat Road / Dawn Raffel -- Scarliotti and the sinkhole / Padgett Powell -- Letters to Wendy's / Joe Wenderoth -- Field events / Rick Bass N2 - A collection of twenty-nine short stories that capture the stylistic diversity of American short fiction features contributions by such authors as Rick Bass, David Foster Wallace, Jhumpa Lahiri, Mary Gaitskill, Anthony Doerr, Kate Braverman, A.M. Homes, Sam Lipsyte, and Anne Carson ER -