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Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories (1988) is Raymond Carver's final collection published during his lifetime. This compilation allows readers to compare Carver's early and later works.
Bobbie Ann Mason's short story collection, Shiloh and Other Stories (1982), also exemplifies masterfully written short fiction. Similar to Carver, Mason has been termed a "Kmart realist" by several critics.
The American Short Story: Short Stories from the Rea Award (1993), edited by Michael Rea, offers students an excellent selection of short stories and minimalist prose. The anthology features works by Anne Beattie, Charles Baxter, Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, and others.
Conversations with Raymond Carver, edited by Marshall Bruce Gentry and William L. Stull (1990), includes twenty-five interviews with Carver, conducted from 1977 until shortly before his death in 1988.
Ultramarine (1986) is Carver's last poetry collection, providing students an opportunity to appreciate Carver the poet alongside Carver the short story author.
The significant essay by Carver, "On Writing," is included in the notable collection of his short stories, poetry, and essays, Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories (1983).
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