You’ll have to buy McSweeney’s Issue 50 to read this story, but you should be supporting the arts anyway. Happy reading! —Staff writer Angela F. Hui can be reached at angela.hui@thecrimson ...

Reid Professor of English and American Literature Philip J. Fisher was one of the oral examiners of Budnitz’s thesis and this year decided to add “Dog Days,” a short story she wrote at the ...

The stories include “The Killers,” which seems to me one of the four great American short stories. (All you have to do is drop the nearest hat, and I’ll tell you what I think the others are.

Many authors say that penning a great short story is harder than writing an entire novel. These are the best short stories to add to your list. The post Treat your mind: The 13 best short stories ...

PBS unveiled a list of America’s 100 best-loved novels, chosen in support of THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, a new PBS series and multi-platform initiative that celebrates the joy of reading and the ...

In short, the short story should reign supreme on young people’s reading lists. Here are eight great stories from (mostly) contemporary writers you should be reading. 1.

The American Short Story. By Edith Ronald Mirrielees. June 1941 Issue. Share. ... have now for the most part a great future behind them — are of necessity in the one camp or the other.