The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction

In this Second Edition of The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, master teachers and writers R.V. Cassill and Joyce Carol Oates have refreshed and updated the acclaimed original volume, celebrating not only the enduring literary genre but also that genre's continuing energy and success.

Sixteen new writers have been added, including Charles Baxter, Ron Carlson, Sandra Cisneros, and Jamaica Kincaid, among others, as have useful biographical notes and bibliographies for all authors in the anthology.

• Collection of Talent-contains 45 extraordinary stories from the 1960s to the present.
• Biographical Notes on Each Writer-enhance appreciation.