The best American short stories, 1995 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines /
by Jane Smiley with Katrina Kenison ; with an introduction by Jane Smiley.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
- xviii, 366 p. ; 22 cm.
Contributors notes: p. [332]-348. "100 other distinguished stories of 1990": p. [349]-352. "Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories": p. [353]-366.
Orientation / Daniel Orozco -- Way down deep in the jungle / Thom Jones -- The stucco house / Ellen Gilchrist -- A night's work / Jaimy Gordon -- Pity / Avner Mandelman -- Leg / Steven Polansky -- The ugliest house in the world / Peter Ho Davies -- Birthmates / Gish Jen -- The drowning / Edward J. Delaney -- Honored guest / Joy Williams -- The behavior of the hawkweeds / Andrea Barrett -- Hand jive / Andrew Cozine -- So I guess you know what I told him / Stephen Dobyns -- Undertow / Jennifer C. Cornell -- Pagan night / Kate Braverman -- First, body / Melanie Rae Thon -- The Angel Esmeralda / Don DeLillo -- The artist / Edward Falco -- Chiromancy / Max Garland -- Xuela / Jamaica Kincaid.
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American fiction--20th century. Short stories, American. Canadian fiction--20th century. Short stories, Canadian.