Elizabeth Gilbert's Top 10 New Classic Short Stories for Entertainment Weekly [1983-2008]

Historical Literary

/// Specially prepared for Entertainment Weekly's 999-1000 issue (June 27, 2008) /// *** 1. Martin Amis' 'The Coincidence of the Arts' (Heavy Water, 1999) *** 2. Robert Olen Butler's 'Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot' (Tabloid Dreams, 1996) *** 3. Raymond Carver's 'Cathedral' (Cathedral, 1983) *** 4. Junot Diaz' 'Drown' (Drown, 1996) *** 5. Adam Johnson's 'Teen Sniper' (Emporium, 2002) *** 6. Edward P. Jones' 'Adam Robinson Acquires Grandparents and a Little Sister' (All Aunt Hagar's Children, 2006) *** 7. Alice Munro's 'Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage' (Hateship, Friendship..., 2001) *** 8. Annie Proulx's 'Brokeback Mountain' (Close Range, 1999) *** 9. George Saunders' 'Pastoralia' (Pastoralia, 2000) *** 10. Tobias Wolff's 'Bullet in the Brain' (The Night in Question, 1996) -------- Missing: -------- * Robert Olen Butler (2) * Junot Diaz (4) * Adam Johnson (5) * Edward P. Jones (6) * George Saunders (9) * Tobias Wolff (10)

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