You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe
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Editor: Ron HansenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-10-26
ISBN: 0060982020
Number of pages: 640
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: Excellent Variety, Neat Format
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a textbook for an online course I took from UCLA on writing fiction. I can highly recommend it. The selection of stories offers great variety, ranging from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to O'Brien's Vietnam-era classic "The Things They Carried". Having the stories introduced by authors offers is interesting. I enjoyed comparing my own reaction to each story to that of the author introducing it. Check this one out for a great collection of short stories.
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Summary of You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe
Thirty-four of America's most distinguished fiction writers--including Oscar Hijuelos, John Irving, and Joyce Carol Oates--introduce the short stories that inspired them most.General Books
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