Alice Munro and Other Masters of the Short Story

The art of brevity ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ [Logo]( [Collection of Book Covers]( Alice Munro, beloved Canadian author and Nobel Prize winner, died last week at her home in Ontario at the age of 92. Munro was one of those rare writers who built their reputation in the arena of the short story, achieving great success. Because we believe in the greatness found in the brevity of short stories, and because modern life is busy and sometimes a short story offers the perfect form, we have curated this collection of groundbreaking works for you. [Browse all books by Alice Munro]( Hand-picked reads for you [Dance Of The Happy Shades]( [FIND A COPY]( [Dear Life]( [BUY NOW]( [Best Short Stories by Anton Chekov]( Anton Chekov Often considered the master of the short story, Chekhov wrote over five hundred in his lifetime, alongside his many plays and novels. He transformed the genre with his depictions of Russian life and the human condition. [SEE ALL LISTINGS]( Lucia Berlin Sketching lives very similar to her own, Lucia Berlin's raw and poetic short stories were rediscovered in 2015 with the publication of the celebrated collection A Manual for Cleaning Women. [TO THE BOOKS]( [A Manual For Cleaning Women]( [The Stories of John Cheever]( John Cheever Novelist and master of short stories, John Cheever, won the Pulitzer Prize for his collection The Stories of John Cheever. "The Swimmer" is his most famous short story and a genre classic. [ALL BOOKS BY CHEEVER]( Raymond Carver One of the all-time greatest short story writers, Raymond Carver revitalized the genre with his precise, punchy, and laconic prose. Another essential collection by Carver is What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. [ALL BOOKS BY CARVER]( [Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?]( [The Lottery by Shirley Jackson]( Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson wrote over two hundred short stories, with "The Lottery" considered one of the best examples of the genre. Published in 1948 in The New Yorker, it prompted a flood of letters from angry readers. [TO THE BOOKS]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Biblio.com · PO Box 1211 · Asheville, NC 28802 · USA