Martha Foley Libri

This is an anthology of short stories selected by Edward J. O'Brien and Martha Foley, two influential American literary critics and editors of the mid-20th century. The collection includes works by such authors as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and Katherine Anne Porter, and provides a snapshot of the state of American fiction in the years preceding and following World War II.

Stories by Ethan Ayer, Kay Boyle, Raymond Carver, MacDonald Harris, Arthur Miller, Brian Moore, Berry Morgan, Joyce Carol Oates, Henry Roth, Jesse Stuart, Robert Travers and others.

Includes:"Beasts of the Wild" Nelson Algren"Around the Dear Ruin" Gina Berriault"The Proud and Virtuous" Doris Betts"Man's Courage" Wyatt Blassingame"To the Wilderness I Wander" Frank Butler"The Dark Roots of the Rose" Walter Clemons"Arcturus" Evan S. Connell, Jr."The Song" Harris Downey"The Unhappy Hunting Grounds" William Eastlake"A Summer's Long Dream" Nancy Hale"The Blue Serge Suit" John Langdon"Lula Borrow" Thomas Mabry"A Heart of Furious Fancies" Winona McClintic"Greenleaf" Flannery O'Connor"I Stand Here Ironing" Tillie Olsen"The Farlow Express" Anthony Robinson"The Impossible He" Rosanne Smith Robinson"Run, Run Away, Brother" John Campbell Smith"Saturday Is a Poor Man's Port" Henrietta Weigel"Escape to the City" Gordon Woodward