Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards
“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.”—The Atlantic Monthly
 
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1985 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.

Stories include:
Jane Smiley “Lily” (first prize, jointly awarded)
Stuart Dybek “Hot Ice” (first prize, jointly awarded)
Ann Beattie “In the White Night”
Helen Norris “The Quarry”
Susan Minot “Lust”
Claude Koch “Bread and Butter Questions”
Wright Morris “Glimpse into Another Country”
Louise Erdrich “Saint Marie”
R. C. Hamilton “Da Vinci Is Dead”
Joseph McElroy “Daughter of the Revolution”
Steve Heller “The Crow Woman”
Ward Just “About Boston”
Tobias Wolff “Sister”
Gloria Norris “Holding On”
Peter Cameron “Homework”
Ilene Raymond “Taking a Chance on Jack”
Eric Wilson “The Axe, the Axe, the Axe”
Joyce Carol Oates “The Seasons”
Rolaine Hochstein “She Should Have Died Hereafter”
Josephine Jacobsen “The Mango Community”
John Updike “The Other”
 
 
 
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Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards
“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.”—The Atlantic Monthly
 
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1985 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.

Stories include:
Jane Smiley “Lily” (first prize, jointly awarded)
Stuart Dybek “Hot Ice” (first prize, jointly awarded)
Ann Beattie “In the White Night”
Helen Norris “The Quarry”
Susan Minot “Lust”
Claude Koch “Bread and Butter Questions”
Wright Morris “Glimpse into Another Country”
Louise Erdrich “Saint Marie”
R. C. Hamilton “Da Vinci Is Dead”
Joseph McElroy “Daughter of the Revolution”
Steve Heller “The Crow Woman”
Ward Just “About Boston”
Tobias Wolff “Sister”
Gloria Norris “Holding On”
Peter Cameron “Homework”
Ilene Raymond “Taking a Chance on Jack”
Eric Wilson “The Axe, the Axe, the Axe”
Joyce Carol Oates “The Seasons”
Rolaine Hochstein “She Should Have Died Hereafter”
Josephine Jacobsen “The Mango Community”
John Updike “The Other”
 
 
 
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Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards

Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards

by William Abrahams (Editor)
Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards

Prize Stories 1985: The O. Henry Awards

by William Abrahams (Editor)

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Overview

“Widely regarded as the nation’s most prestigious awards for short fiction.”—The Atlantic Monthly
 
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1985 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.

Stories include:
Jane Smiley “Lily” (first prize, jointly awarded)
Stuart Dybek “Hot Ice” (first prize, jointly awarded)
Ann Beattie “In the White Night”
Helen Norris “The Quarry”
Susan Minot “Lust”
Claude Koch “Bread and Butter Questions”
Wright Morris “Glimpse into Another Country”
Louise Erdrich “Saint Marie”
R. C. Hamilton “Da Vinci Is Dead”
Joseph McElroy “Daughter of the Revolution”
Steve Heller “The Crow Woman”
Ward Just “About Boston”
Tobias Wolff “Sister”
Gloria Norris “Holding On”
Peter Cameron “Homework”
Ilene Raymond “Taking a Chance on Jack”
Eric Wilson “The Axe, the Axe, the Axe”
Joyce Carol Oates “The Seasons”
Rolaine Hochstein “She Should Have Died Hereafter”
Josephine Jacobsen “The Mango Community”
John Updike “The Other”
 
 
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780385194785
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/13/1985
Series: Anchor Literary Library Series
Edition description: Anniversary
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Born in 1919, William Abrahams published four successful novels and a number of poems before finding his true calling as an editor. He presided over the O. Henry Awards for more than 30 years starting in 1965. Abrahams also worked as the west coast editor of Atlantic Monthly Press and collaborated on nonfiction books with his partner, Peter Stansky. He passed away in 1998.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Notevii
Introductionix
Co-Winners of First Prize
"Lily" The Atlantic1
"Hot Ice" Antaeus20
"In the White Night" The New Yorker46
"The Quarry" Stories51
"Lust" The Paris Review63
"Bread and Butter Questions" Four Quarters71
"Glimpse into Another Country" The New Yorker89
"Saint Marie" The Atlantic103
"Da Vinci Is Dead" The Antioch Review116
"Daughter of the Revolution" Antaeus132
"The Crow Woman" The Texas Review148
"About Boston" The Atlantic174
"Sister" Ploughshares199
"Holding On" The Sewanee Review206
"Homework" The New Yorker222
"Taking a Chance on Jack" Mademoiselle229
"The Axe, the Axe, the Axe" The Massachusetts Review238
"The Seasons" Ploughshares254
"She Should Have Died Hereafter" The Literary Review271
"The Mango Community" The Ontario Review282
"The Other" The New Yorker299
Magazines Consulted315
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