The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction

In The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction, the inimitable Joyce Carol Oates gathers together the very best work by contemporary American short-story writers into a definitive, beautiful, must-have anthology.

Includes stories by:

• Ann Beattie
• Michael Chabon
• Edwidge Danticat
• Lydia Davis
• Deborah Eisenberg
• Edward P. Jones
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• Lorrie Moore
• Tim O'Brien
• George Saunders
• John Updike
• David Foster Wallace
• Edmund White
• Tobias Wolff

A definitive collection of the very best short stories by contemporary American masters

Edited by Joyce Carol Oates, "the living master of the short story" (Buffalo News), and Christopher R. Beha, this volume provides an important overview of the contemporary short story and a selection of the very best that American short fiction has to offer.

"An introduction to the canon in the making." - Kirkus Reviews