The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

Diverse and Comprehensive Selection

The Seventh Edition includes 140 stories (34 new) by 116 authors (17 new); the Shorter Seventh Edition includes 72 stories (20 new) by 68 authors (12 new). In this edition, Professor Bausch continues the anthology’s hallmark balance of classic and contemporary work, with new selections from, among others, Toni Cade Bambara, Jorge Luis Borges, Truman Capote, Edwidge Danticat, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Franz Kafka, Yasunari Kawabata, D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Gabriel García Márquez, Guy de Maupassant, James Alan McPherson, Bharati Mukherjee, Flannery O’Connor, Tillie Olsen, Katherine Anne Porter, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

New "Reviews and Commentaries" Section

This new section brings together significant critical commentaries—24 in the regular edition and 16 in the shorter edition—on authors and stories included in the anthology. These illuminating commentaries help students think analytically and provide models for their own writing.

Expanded "Writers on Writing" Section

The Seventh Edition expands this popular section of author essays, interviews, and letters, with 26 now included in the regular edition and 24 in the shorter edition. These selections offer the writer’s perspective on the art, craft, and significance of fiction.