Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story

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"Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of the short story from the pages of The Paris Review"--Page 4 of cover. Abstract: "Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of the short story from the pages of The Paris Review"--Page 4 of cover Content: Dimmer / Joy Williams introduced by Daniel Alarcón -- Another drunk gambler / Craig Nova introduced by Ann Beattie -- City boy / Leonard Michaels introduced by David Bezmozgis -- Emmy Moore's journal / Jane Bowles introduced by Lydia Davis -- Bangkok / James Salter introduced by Dave Eggers -- Car crash while hitchhiking / Denis Johnson introduced by Jeffrey Eugenides -- Pelican song / Mary-Beth Hughes introduced by Mary Gaitskill -- Funes, the memorious / Jorge Luis Borges introduced by Aleksandar Hemon -- Old birds / Bernard Cooper introduced by Amy Hempel -- Except for the sickness I'm quite healthy now. You can believe that / Thomas Glynn introduced by Jonathan Lethem -- Likely Lake / Mary Robison introduced by Sam Lipsyte -- Several garlic tales / Donald Barthelme introduced by Ben Marcus -- Why don't you dance / Raymond Carver introduced by David Means -- The palace thief / Ethan Canin introduced by Lorrie Moore -- Flying carpets / Steven Milhauser introduced by Daniel Orozco -- Dinner at the Bank of England / Guy Davenport introduced by Norman Rush -- Lying presences / Norman Rush introduced by Mona Simpson -- Ten stories from Flaubert / Lydia Davis introduced by Ali Smith -- The beau monde of Mrs. Bridge / Evan S. Connell introduced by Wells Tower -- Night flight to Stockholm / Dallas Wiebe introduced by Joy Williams.