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Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories

10 best books like Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories (James Moffett): Borderlands 3, In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet's Portable Workshop, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, Best European Fiction 2010, 50 Great American Short Stories, The Best American Short Stories of the Century, The Norton Book of Nature Writing, The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy, The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories

Borderlands 3
AuthorThomas F. Monteleone
ISBN1565041097
I liked most of the stories in this book. It's an old book, from 1994, that I've had for a long time that I finally got around to reading. I skipped the introductions to all the stories because I didn't find them interesting, but the stories themselves were mostly good. The first one was about a nun who was...
In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet's Portable Workshop
AuthorSteve Kowit
ISBN0884481492
Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading--contemporary poetry.


It is a book about shaping your memories and passions, your pleasures, obsessions, dreams, secrets, and sorrows into the poems you have always wanted...
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
AuthorRichard Bausch
ISBN0393926117
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction is a great place to start to get a sense for the landscape of the short story historically and across continents. Sure, you might take issue with some inclusions (Why this story? Why this author?) and some exclusions, but there is plenty here to learn from and get exposed...
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories
AuthorTom Shippey
ISBN0192803824
An anthology of fantasy stories selected by the eminent Medievalist and Fantasy scholar Tom Shippey, The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories gathers together thirty-one tales brimming over with imagination. This rich and intriguing collection of fantasy stories features classic figures--the Devil,...
Best European Fiction 2010
AuthorAleksandar Hemon
ISBN1564785432
Historically, English-language readers have been great fans of European literature, and names like Franz Kafka, Gustave Flaubert, and Thomas Mann are so familiar we hardly think of them as foreign at all. What those writers brought to English-language literature was a wide variety of new ideas,...
50 Great American Short Stories
AuthorMilton Crane
A Splendid collection of 50 stories from Washington Irving's 'The Adventures Of A German Student' to John Updike's 'The Lucid Eye in Silver Town'.
Such classic stories as Edgar Allan Poe’s 'Ms. Found in a Bottle', Bret Harte’s 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat', Sherwood Anderson’s 'Death in...
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
AuthorJohn Updike
ISBN0395843677
Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES...
The Norton Book of Nature Writing
AuthorRobert Finch
ISBN0393027996
Man's encounter with nature has produced some of the great literature of our time. Darwin's ruminations on the Galapagos Islands, Melville's exploration of the "whiteness of the whale, " and Thoreau's communion with Walden Pond are monuments in the history of writing and thought. "The Norton Book...
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy
AuthorCharles N. Brown
ISBN0060594268
The Barnes & Noble Review
The introduction to The Locus Awards says it all: "This book contains some of the finest science fiction and fantasy short fiction ever written." Included within are some of the best Locus Award winning stories covering the last three decades. From Ursula K. Le Guin...
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
AuthorDaniel Halpern
ISBN0140296387
Following the immense success of The Art of the Tale, Daniel Halpern has assembled the next generation of short-story writers—those born after 1937—to create a companion volume, The Art of the Story. Attesting to the depth, range, and continued popularity of short fiction, this collection includes...
Great Short Stories by American Women
AuthorCandace Ward
ISBN0486287769
Embracing a wide variety of subjects, this choice collection of 13 short stories represents the work of an elite group of American women writing in the 19th and 20th centuries. The earliest stories are Rebecca Harding Davis' naturalistic "Life in the Iron Mills" (published in 1861 and predating Émile...
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970
AuthorLex Williford
ISBN0684857960
Selected from a survey of more than 200 English professors, award-winning short-story writers, novelists, and fiction workshop directors, a remarkable collection of North American literature written since 1970.

Includes:

This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona by Sherman...
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe
AuthorRon Hansen
ISBN0060982020
Short stories are the three minute singles of the literary world and anyone who has been pasted to the wall by the furious power of 19th Nervous Breakdown or the limpid beauty of Waterloo Sunset and yet hasn't managed to keep awake during an entire Stones or Kinks album will know what I mean. A great short...
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction
AuthorAnn Charters
ISBN0312397313
At almost 1800 pages, this is not a book to read in bed, unless you are a weightlifter as well as a reader, and have exceptionally strong wrists. The pages are thin, but it still weighs a ton! And that's exactly what it is—a ton of good reading.

Part One of the book is a collection of short stories...
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection
AuthorGardner Dozois
ISBN0312336608
The twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and to the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Daniel Abraham • Eleanor Arnason...
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction
AuthorJoyce Carol Oates
ISBN0061661589
A definitive collection of the very best short stories by contemporary American masters

Edited by Joyce Carol Oates, "the living master of the short story" ("Buffalo News"), and Christopher R. Beha, this volume provides an important overview of the contemporary short story and a selection...
Great Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
AuthorEdgar Allan Poe
ISBN0671727702
Edgar Allan Poe

Born in Boston in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was the possessor of one of the most original imaginations the world has ever known. The inventor of the modern detective story, a master of the tale of horror, a poet of haunting melody, Poe has gripped the intellect, the emotions, and the...
Your First Novel: An Author Agent Team Share the Keys to Achieving Your Dream
AuthorAnn Rittenberg
ISBN1582973881
In Your First Novel, novelist Laura Whitcomb and seasoned literary agent Ann Rittenberg team up to provide you with the skills you need to write your dream novel and the savvy business know-how to get it published. In this all-in-one resource, you'll discover essential novel-writing techniques,...
Gotham Writers' Workshop Fiction Gallery
AuthorGotham Writers' Workshop
ISBN1582344620
•A PSLA Young Adult Top 40 fiction title 2004
Each of the stories in Fiction Gallery will hold you spellbound from first to last page, while also exemplifying the very best in literary fiction. Grouped in sections that follow the cycle of life, these stories explore the varied aspects of human...
The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009
AuthorLaura Furman
ISBN0307280357
A collection of the twenty best contemporary short stories selected by series editor Laura Furman from hundreds of literary magazines, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 features unforgettable tales in settings as diverse as post-war Vietnam, a luxurious seaside development in Cape Town, an Egyptian...
Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life
AuthorCharles Baxter
ISBN0472067745
In Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life, seventeen award-winning writers--all expert teachers--share the secrets of creating compelling, imaginative stories and novels. A combination handbook, writer's companion, and collection of spirited personal essays,...
The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully
AuthorArielle Eckstut
The best, most comprehensive guide for writers is now revised and updated, with new sections on ebooks, self-publishing, crowd-funding through Kickstarter, blogging, increasing visibility via online marketing, micropublishing, the power of social media and author websites, and more—making...
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