TY - BOOK AU - Abrahams,William Miller TI - Prize stories, 1983: the O. Henry awards SN - 0385181159 AV - PS648.S5 P74 1983 PY - 1983/// CY - Garden City, N.Y. PB - Doubleday KW - Short stories, American N1 - A small, good thing (First Prize) / Raymond Carver -- My Warszawz (Second Prize) / Joyce Carol Oates -- Victrola (Third Prize) / Wright Morris -- Melanie and the Purple People Eaters / Irvin Faust -- Jean-Pierre / Elizabeth Spencer -- If a woodchuck could chuck wood / W.D. Wetherell -- The city / John Updike -- When the Lord calls / Gloria Norris -- My life as a West African gray parrot / Leigh Buchanan Bienen -- Shards / David Jauss -- The only son of the doctor / Mary Gordon -- The ponoes / Peter Meinke -- Putting and gardening / William F. Van Wert -- Feasting / Elizabeth Benedict -- Slow-motion / Steven Schwartz -- Heartbeat / Linda Svensen -- Poor boy / Linda Lloyd -- The secret lives of dieters / Perri Klass -- The dogs in Renoir's garden / Gloria Whelan -- Work / David Plante ER -