The Best American Short Stories 1990, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Shannon Ravenel and by guest editor Richard Ford.Ravenel, Shannon and Richard Ford (editors), The Best American Short Stories 1990, New York, 1990.
Reception In a review appearing in Kirkus Reviews the volume was said to include a "fair sampling of what's happening in American fiction today," while also criticizing the editorial choice of stories appearing elsewhere in the same year and the inclusion of two stories each by two writers. In the Publishers Weekly review it was noted that "the volume's prevailing themes [are] of modern angst."
Short stories included Author Story SourceEdward Allen "River of Toys" Southwest Review Richard Bausch "The Fireman's Wife" The Atlantic Monthly Richard Bausch "A Kind of Simpe, Happy Grace" Wigwag Madison Smartt Bell "Finding Natasha" Antaeus C. S. Godshalk "The Wizard" The AGNI Review Patricia Henley "The Secret of Cartwheels" The Atlantic Monthly Pam Houston "How to Talk to a Hunter" Quarterly West Siri Hustvedt "Mr. Morning" The Ontario Review Denis Johnson "Car Crash While Hitchhiking" The Paris Review Dennis McFarland "Nothing to Ask For" The New Yorker Steven Millhauser "Eisenheim the Illusionist" Esquire Lorrie Moore "You're Ugly, Too" The New Yorker Alice Munro "Differently" The New Yorker Alice Munro "Wigtime" The New Yorker Padgett Powell "Typical" Grand StreetLore Segal "The Reverse Bug" The New Yorker Elizabeth Tallent "Prowler" The New Yorker Christopher Tilghman "In a Father's Place" Ploughshares Joan Wickersham "Commuter Marriage" The Hudson Review Joy Williams "The Little Winter" Granta
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External links Best American Short Stories