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Park City (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

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Ann Beattie ranks second only to Raymond Carver as being responsible for the renaissance of the American short story in the 1970’s and 1980’s. While Carver focused on the blue- collar aimless and dispossessed, Beattie zeroed in on the college- educated clueless and uncommitted. In all five of her previous collections—Distortions (1976), Secrets and Surprises (1978), The Burning House (1982), Where You’ll Find Me (1986), and What Was Mine (1991), critical reaction to Beattie’s stories has been pretty split between those who admire her pinpoint...

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