The Best American Short Stories 1952 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Background The series is considered one of the "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction""Short and Sweet" by Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 11/05/99, issue 511, page 73. and has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature."The Best American Short Stories of the Century," Publishers Weekly, 3/8/1999, volume 246, issue 10, page 47.
In particular, the Willa Cather Review wrote that The Best American Short Stories series "became a repository of values" for creative writing programs, college libraries, and literary magazines."'Long-Cellared Wine': 'Double Birthday,' Edward J. H. O'Brien, and the Best American Short Stories Series" by Timothy W. Bintrim and Scott Riner, Willa Cather Review, spring 2023, volume 64, issue 1, page 18. The Los Angeles Times, reflecting on the hundred-year anniversary of the series, noted that it eventually became an "institution" itself, often being taught in classrooms.
Short stories included AuthorStorySourceBill Berge"That Lovely Green Boat"FuriosoRobert O. Bowen"The Other River"Western ReviewKay Boyle"The Lost"TomorrowRay Bradbury"The Other Foot"New-StoryHortense Calisher"A Wreath For Miss Totten"MademoiselleNancy Cardozo"The Unborn Ghosts"The New YorkerNancy G. Chaikin"The Climate of the Family"MademoiselleAnn Chidester"Wood Smoke"Harper's BazaarCharles Edward Eaton"The Motion Of Forgetfulness Is Slow"EpochGeorge P. Elliot"Children of Ruth"The Hudson ReviewElizabeth Enright"The First Face"The New YorkerHugh Garner"The Conversion of Willie Heaps"The Northern ReviewMartha Gellhorn"Weekend At Grimsby"The Atlantic MonthlyEmilie Glen"Always Good For A Belly Laugh"Prairie SchoonerNancy Hale"Brahmin Beachhead"Town and CountryPhilip Horton"What's In A Corner"New Mexico QuarterlySusan Kuehn"The Searchers "Harper's MagazineBethel Laurence"The Call"Today's WomanFrank Rooney"Cyclists' Raid"Harper's MagazineWilliam Saroyan"Palo"TomorrowStuart Schulberg"I'm Really Fine"New-StoryJean Stafford"The Healthiest Girl In Town"The New YorkerWallace Stegner"The Traveler"Harper's MagazineJames Still"A Ride On The Short Dog"The Atlantic MonthlyHarvey Swados"The Letters"The Hudson ReviewMark Van Doren"Nobody Say A Word"Harper's MagazineDaniel Waldron"Evensong"New-StoryChristine Weston"Loud Sing Cuckoo"MademoiselleHisaye Yamamoto"Yoneko's Earthquake"Furioso
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