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Contemporary American fiction / edited and introduced by Douglas Messerli.

LIBRA PS648.S5 C66 1983
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LIBRA Special PS648.S5 C66 1983 copy 2
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Messerli, Douglas, 1947- editor.
Messerli, Douglas, 1947- writer of introduction.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Short stories, American.
American fiction--20th century.
American fiction.
Genre:
Short stories, American.
Short stories.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Physical Description:
343 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Sun & Moon Press, 1983.
Contents:
Chenken and Nartzarzen in several days on the town / Tom Ahern
Genre studies: The textbook / Mel Freilicher
No timid sawyer / Harrison Fisher
Reasons for the emergency / Michael Andre
Days are OK / Leslie Scalapino
Chaparral / Norma Jean Deak
Somebody always waiting outside the Monday matinee / Laura Ferguson
The secretary / Paul Witherington
Lost and found / Corinne Robins
Duckwalking / Joe Ashby Porter
Alphabet of revelations / Walter Abish
The gala cocktail party / Gilbert Sorrentino
I wanna know / Mark Sacharoff
A Jean-Marie cookbook / Jeff Weinstein
Uncle Bill and the Disco Duck / Michael Brownstein
What Noni Hubner did not tell the police about Jesus / Russell Banks
The catalogue / John Perreault
Gypsies ; A real act / Roberta Allen
A brief guide to the fall repertory / Richard Padget
Description of a masque / John Ashbery
The game / Toby Olson
Keeper / Steve Katz
Objects in mirror are closer than they appear / Donald S. Olson.
Notes:
Short stories.
"This book also is published as Sun & moon: a journal of literature & art, issues nos. 15/16"--Back of title page.
Cited in:
McPheron, W. Sorrentino, B33
ISBN:
0940650223
9780940650220
0940650231
9780940650237
OCLC:
9466031

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