Bill Henderson, Editor
The Pushcart Book of Short Stories
The Best Stories from a Quarter-Century of the Pushcart PrizeTo commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Pushcart Prize: its best short stories, by the biggest names in the field of contemporary fiction.
Many of today's celebrated short story authors received their first national recognition in the Pushcart Prize, and over the years, the series has tracked the development of the form, encompassing all its enthusiasms from traditional to experimental in an unsurpassed eclectic gathering. This memorable and enduring volume includes some of the major writers of our time, almost all of them discovered in The Pushcart Prize at the start of their vocations. The list includes Raymond Carver, John Irving, David Kranes, Cynthia Ozick, Janet Peery, Liza Wieland, Susan Minot, Mona Simpson, Tim O'Brien, Richard Ford, Alistair MacLeod, Josip Novakovich, Ha Jin, and many more.
"The single best measure of the state of affairs in American literature today."—New York Times Book Review
"The Pushcart Prize is essential."—Library Journal
"Those who despair of finding good writing in mass media America need look no further than The Pushcart Prize."—Booklist
Bill Henderson is the author of The Kid That Could, a novel, and three memoirs, His Son, Her Father and Tower. He is the publisher and founder of The Pushcart Press and the editor of the acclaimed Pushcart Prize series. He lives on Long Island and in Maine.
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Also Available:
The Pushcart Prize XXV
The Pushcart Book of Essays
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