Short Stories: American Authors

Busse Library provides these webpages for students and faculty seeking information on short stories and their writers from around the world. Authors are listed alphabetically. Resources reflect online ready-reference and short story research websites. A listing of sample Busse Library materials is included.

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Anderson to Capote -- Carver to Hammett -- Harris to Lardner -- London to Parker -- Poe to Twain -- Updike to Wright -- Busse Library Resources

Anderson to Capote

Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)

• Sherwood Anderson -- biography and works list
• Sherwood Anderson: A Brief Biography
• The Sherwood Anderson Literary Center: Elyria, Ohio
• Sherwood Anderson Review
• Winesburg, Ohio. By Sherwood Anderson. Bartleby.com -- full text

James Baldwin (1924-1987)

• James (Arthur) Baldwin -- biography and works list
• James Baldwin: American Masters: PBS
• "James Baldwin Teacher Resource File -- gateway to instruction materials
• Random House, Inc. Presents James Baldwin -- gateway with biography and other resources

Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995)

• Perspectives in American Literature: Toni Cade Bambara -- works list and bibliography
• Toni Cade Bambara -- short biography
• The Toni Cade Bambara Page -- works list and links
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color: Toni Cade Bambara -- detailed biography

John Barth (1930-)

• "John Barth." By Blair Mahoney. The Modern Word: The Scriptorium. -- collection of literary criticism
• John Barth: The Information Center. By Dave Edelman. -- gateway for author
• LitLinks: John Barth: Bedford/St.Martin's Press -- biography and online resources

Ann Beattie (1947-)

• "About Ann Beattie: A Profile." By Don Lee. Ploughshares (Fall 1995)
• Ann Beattie: LitLinks: Bedford/St.Martin's Press -- short biography and links
• "Ann Beattie Opens Up." An Interview by Chris Wright. The Boston Phoenix. (Aug. 24, 1998)

Saul Bellow (1915-): Winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature

• The Nobel Prize for Literature, 1976: Saul Bellow
• Saul Bellow -- biography and works list
• Saul Bellow: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- works list and bibliography
• The Saul Bellow Society and Journal

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

• The Ambrose Bierce Appreciation Society -- gateway for author
• Ambrose Bierce: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
• Ambrose Bierce Site. By Don Swaim -- gateway for author
• The Devil's Dictionary: Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE -- full text online

Ray Bradbury (1920-)

• Ray Bradbury -- works list
• Ray Bradbury: HarperCollins Publishers -- official publisher website
• Ray Bradbury Online -- gateway for author

Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987)

• Erskine Caldwell -- biography
• Erskine Caldwell Birthplace and Museum: Moreland, GA
• The Erskine Caldwell Page -- works list
• The Erskine Caldwell Website -- gateway with biography

Truman Capote (1924-1984)

• Truman Capote -- biography and works list
• Truman Capote: American Masters: PBS
• Truman Capote: A Black and White Tribute -- photos and text excerpts

Carver to Hammett

Raymond Carver (1938-1988)

• Raymond Carver. By Phil Carson. -- gateway with biography and other resources
• Raymond Carver. By Tom Luce -- biography and resources
• Raymond Carver -- biography and works list

Willa Cather (1873-1947)

• The Willa Cather Archive: Photo Gallery -- University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Willa Cather Electronic Archive: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation: Red Cloud, NE -- gateway with online text links and bibliography
• The Willa Cather Site: An Introduction to the Life and Writings of Willa Cather -- gateway with bibliography and biography

John Cheever (1912-1982)

• John Cheever-- biography
• John Cheever Literary Manuscripts, 1935-1963: Special Collections: Brandeis University Libraries
• John Cheever: LitLinks: Bedford/St.Martin's Press -- short biography and resources
• "John Cheever: Parody and the Suburban Aesthetic." By John Dyer. -- collection of critical essays

Kate Chopin (1851-1904)

• About Kate Chopin -- short biography and full texts
• Kate Chopin -- biography by Neal Wyatt
• Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening. PBS -- includes chronology and electronic text library
• Kate Chopin: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
• Kate Chopin: Teacher Resource File -- classroom resources

Stephen Crane (1871-1900)

• The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War: University of Virginia
• Stephen Crane -- gateway for author
• Stephen Crane Papers: Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• Stephen Crane Society -- online text links

William Faulkner (1897-1962): Winner, 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature

• The Center for Faulkner Studies: Southeast Missouri State University
• The Faulkner Journal
• The Nobel Prize for Literature, 1949: William Faulkner
• William Faulkner on the Web: University of Mississippi -- definitive gateway for author
• The William Faulkner Society
• The William Faulkner Foundation

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)

• Bibliography of the Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (and Zelda Fitzgerald) -- features extensive biography
• F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Literature on the Web -- directory of online resources
• F. Scott Fitzgerald: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
• F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary: University of South Carolina -- gateway with eleven story texts
• F.Scott Fitzgerald Society
• Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum: Montgomery, Alabama

John Gardner (1933-1982)

• The Arch and the Abyss: A John C. Gardner Resource -- gateway for author
• The Grendex: An Index to John Gardner's Grendel
• John C. Gardner Appreciation Page -- gateway for author
• John Gardner's Specters and Salvation -- gateway with biography, bibliography, and other resources

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

• Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- gateway with electronic texts
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Biography: Scribbling Women
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
• The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper." -- electronic text and accompanying criticism

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)

• Dashiell Hammett -- biography and works list
• Dashiell Hammett -- works list and story analyses
• Dashiell Hammett: American Masters: PBS

Harris to Lardner

Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)

• Joel Chandler Harris -- short biography
• Joel Chandler Harris: Teacher Resource File
• Remus Tales: Selected Text -- online stories
• Uncle Remus History/ Ethnology Research Project: University of Virginia -- biography and research sources
• The Wren's Nest: Home of Joel Chandler Harris: Atlanta, GA

Bret Harte (1836-1902)

• About Bret Harte -- biography and online texts
• The Bret Harte Page -- works list
• Bret Harte: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- works list and bibliography
• "Bret Harte: Popularity, Poetry, and Performance (Anxiety)." By Dottie Web. Local Color: 19th Century Regional Writing in the United States -- critical study with cultural analysis
• Francis Bret Harte: Bartleby.com -- biography and texts directory

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

• Nathaniel Hawthorne -- gateway for author
• Nathaniel Hawthorne: Bartleby.com -- directory to online texts
• Nathaniel Hawthorne: Eldritch Press -- gateway with links to all major works
• Nathaniel Hawthorne in Salem: Salem National Historic Site -- landmarks and places
• Nathaniel Hawthorne: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL): A Research and Reference Guide
• Nathaniel Hawthorne Society

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961): Winner of 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature

• The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park (IL)
• Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum: Key West, FL
• Ernest Hemingway: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- works list and bibliography
• Ernest Hemingway's Kansas City Star Stories -- texts from the reporter years
• The Hemingway Resource Center -- gateway for author
• The Hemingway Society: Ernest Hemingway Foundation
• The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1954: Ernest Hemingway
• Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time. National Portrait Gallery: The Smithsonian Institution -- online exhibit
• "Tracking Hemingway." Atlantic Online: Flashback. (7/21/1999) -- magazine coverage of author's work from 1939-1983

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)

• Zora Neale Hurston -- gateway for author
• Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities: Eatonville, FL -- author's hometown
• Zora Neale Hurston: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- works list and bibliography
• Zora Neale Hurston: Teacher Resource File
• Zora Neale Hurston: Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color -- gateway for author

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

• Selected Bibliography on "Rip Van Winkle" : Gonzaga University
• Washington Irving -- biography and works list
• Washington Irving: Bartleby.com
• Washington Irving's Sunnyside -- author's home in Hudson Valley, New York

Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)

• "Monstrous Acts and Little Murders: Shirley Jackson." By Jonathan Lethem. Salon Magazine (Jan. 1997)
• "A Reading of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery.'" By Peter Kosenko. New Orleans Review (1985). -- critical study
• Shirley Jackson -- chronology and the full text of "The Lottery"
• The Works of Shirley Jackson -- gateway for author

Henry James (1843-1916)

• "Henry James and the Atlantic Monthly." Atlantic Unbound. (April 15, 1997)
• The Henry James Review: Project Muse -- view journal TOCs only (1995-)
• The Henry James Scholar's Guide to WebSites -- gateway to electronic texts and resources
• HyperConcordance to the Works of Henry James: Archives of Victorian Literary Studies
• Online Calendar of Henry James' Letters and a Biographical Register of Henry James' Correspondents: University of Nebraska Press

Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)

• Sarah Orne Jewett -- gateway for author
• Sarah Orne Jewett House: South Berwick, Maine
• Sarah Orne Jewett: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- works list and bibliography
• Sarah Orne Jewett Text Project: Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA). By Terry Heller.

Ring Lardner (1885-1933)

• "Haircut." By Ring Lardner. -- full-text of the author's most famous story
• Lardnermania: An Appreciation of Ring Lardner and His Work -- gateway for author
• Ring Lardner: Guide to Baseball Fiction
• Ring Lardner: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)

London to Parker

Jack London (1876-1916)

• The Jack London Collection: UC Berkeley Digital Library -- electronic text collection
• The Jack London Ranch Album: A Pictorial Biography. By Dave Hartzell.
• The Jack London Society
• Jack London State Historic Park : Sonoma County, CA
• Who was Jack London? -- biography of author

Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)

• Bernard Malamud -- biography and online resources
• Bernard Malamud -- works list
• Bernard Malamud: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- bibliography
• The Unofficial Bernard Malamud Homepages

Carson McCullers (1917-1967)

• The Ballad of Carson McCullers -- gateway with biography and story texts
• Carson McCullers -- biography and bibliography
• The Carson McCullers Project -- gateway for author
• The Carson McCullers Society

James Alan McPherson (1943-): Writer's Workshop faculty and first African-American Pulitzer literature winner

• James Alan McPherson: The Atlantic Monthly: Contributor Profile -- short biography
• James Alan McPherson: Ploughshares -- articles and reviews

Herman Melville (1819-1891)

• Herman Melville -- resource directory and texts online
• Herman Melville's Arrowhead: Pittsfield,MA
• Herman Melville: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
• The Life and Works of Herman Melville -- gateway with electronic texts
• Nantucket's Tried-Out Moby Dick: Companion Reader to Melville's Masterpiece. By Robert A. diCurcio

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

• The Comforts of Home: A Repository of Flannery O'Connor Information -- gateway for author
• Flannery O'Connor's Andalusia Foundation -- her Georgia farm
• Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home: Savannah, GA
• The Flannery O'Connor Collection: Ina Dillard Russell Library: Special Collections: Georgia College and State University
• "A Good Man is Hard to Find." -- full text of author's classic short story
• Perspectives in American Literature: Flannery O'Connor -- bibliography and works list

O.Henry [William Sidney Porter] (1862-1910)

• O.Henry -- biography and works list
• "O. Henry: A Life that Reads Like One of His Stories." Smithsonian Magazine (January 1997)
• O'Henry Museum: Austin, TX
• O.Henry: The Literature Network -- electronic texts and biography
• William S. Porter (O.Henry) -- biography

Joyce Carol Oates (1938-)

• Celestial Timepiece: A Joyce Carol Oates Homepage -- definitive gateway for author
• Joyce Carol Oates: Fantastic Fiction -- works list
• Joyce Carol Oates: HarperCollins -- official publisher's website

Grace Paley (1922-)

• "All My Habits are Bad: Interview with Grace Paley." By A.M. Homes. Salon Magazine (10/26/98)
• Grace Paley: LitLinks: Bedford/St.Martin's Press -- biography and links
• New York State Writers Institute: Grace Paley -- biography and bibliography
• "Writing with Both Ears: An Interview with Grace Paley." By Wendy Lesser. Salon Magazine: Lit Chat

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)

• The Algonquin Round Table: Celebrity Caricature in America: National Portrait Gallery
• "A Telephone Call." By Dorothy Parker. -- story from 1942's Collected Stories
• Dorothy Parker -- biography
• Dot City: Dorothy Parker's New York

Poe to Twain

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

• Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Richmond, VA
• Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site: Philadelphia, PA
• Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
• House of Usher: Edgar Allan Poe -- gateway for author
• Poe Studies: Washington State University
• Work of Edgar Allan Poe -- links to poetry and short stories

Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980)

• Katherine Anne Porter -- biography
• Katherine Anne Porter: American Masters: PBS
• Katherine Anne Porter: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
• Katherine Anne Porter Room: University of Maryland Libraries
• Katherine Anne Porter Society

Philip Roth (1933-)

• "America's Best Novelist: Philip Roth." (By Paul Gray) CNN/Time (2001)
• Philip Roth -- biography and bibliography
• Philip Roth Society

J.D. Salinger (1919-)

• A Brief Biography of J.D. Salinger -- emphasis on reclusive life
• Exploring the Catcher in the Rye -- maps, index, and other novel resources
• Featured Authors: J.D. Salinger: New York Times: News and Reviews
• J.D. Salinger -- biography

William Saroyan (1908-1981)

• William Saroyan Collection: Stanford University
• William Saroyan Foundation
• William Saroyan: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- bibliography and works list
• William Saroyan: The Man, The Writer -- documentary film

Leslie Marmon Silko (1948-)

• "An Interview with Leslie Marmon Silko." By Thomas Irmer
• Leslie Marmon Silko -- author's homepage
• Perspectives in American Literature: Leslie Marmon Silko -- works list and bibliography
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color: Leslie Marmon Silko -- gateway for author

John Steinbeck (1902-1968): Winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature

• John Steinbeck -- biography
• Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies: San Jose State University (CA)
• The National Steinbeck Center : Salinas, CA
• The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1962: John Steinbeck

Peter Taylor (1917-1994)

• Peter Taylor -- biography (d.1988)
• Peter Taylor Prize: Tennessee Book Award -- biography and contest details

James Thurber (1894-1961)

• James Thurber -- biography
• The James Thurber Page -- works list
• Pathfinder: James Grove Thurber -- gateway for author by UNC Chapel Hill
• The Thurber House: Columbus, Ohio

Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens] (1835-1910)

• Ever the Twain Shall Meet: Mark Twain on the Web -- full texts online
• Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum: Hannibal, Missouri
• Mark Twain. Edited by Jim Zwick. -- major gateway for author
• Mark Twain. A Film by Ken Burns: PBS -- interactive experience
• Mark Twain House: Hartford, Connecticut
• Mark Twain in His Times: Electronic Text Center: University of Virginia -- online exhibit
• Mark Twain Papers and Project: Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
• Mark Twain Quotations -- by Barbara Schmidt

Updike to Wright

John Updike (1932-)

• The Centaurian: Updike Home Page -- gateway for author
• John (Hoyer) Updike -- biography and works list
• The New York Times: Life and Times: John Updike -- requires free registration to view text
• The Salon Interview: John Updike. "As Close as You Can Get to the Stars." By Dwight Garner.

Alice Walker (1944-)

• Alice Walker: Teacher Resource File
• Anniina's Alice Walker Page -- gateway for author
• LitChat: Alice Walker: Salon Magazine -- interview
• Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color: Alice Walker -- gateway for author

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)

• Robert Penn Warren -- gateway for author
• Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities: Vanderbilt University (TN)
• Robert Penn Warren: KYLIT: A Site Devoted to Kentucky Writers -- biography and bibliography

Eudora Welty (1909-2001)

• Eudora Welty: A Hometown Perspective: Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
• Eudora Welty Foundation
• Eudora Welty: Mississippi Writer's Page -- biography and bibliography
• Eudora Welty Newsletter: Georgia State University
• Eudora Welty: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL) -- bibliography and works list
• "Why I Live at the P.O." By Eudora Welty. -- full text of author's famous story

Edith Wharton (1862-1937)

• Edith Wharton: Bibliography: Texts on the Web
• The Edith Wharton Society
• Edith Wharton: Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
• Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and Places: National Portrait Gallery: Smithsonian Institution -- extensive biography of author
• The Mount: Edith Wharton's Estate and Gardens (Lenox, MA)

Richard Wright (1908-1960)

• Richard (Nathaniel) Wright -- biography and works list
• Richard Wright: Black Boy -- gateway for author
• Richard Wright: Mississippi Writer's Page -- biography and bibliography

Busse Library Resources

• Short stories from the New Yorker. 1940. PZ1. N48 Sh
• Forkner, Ben. Stories of the modern South / 1981. PS551. S75
• Kimbel, Bobby Ellen. American short-story writers, 1910-1945. Second series / c1991. PS374.S5 A3962 1991, Ref
• Knopf, Marcy. The Sleeper wakes: Harlem renaissance stories by women / c1993. PS647.A35 S58 1993
• Lee, A. Robert. The Nineteenth-century American short story / 1986. PS374.S5 N5 1986
• Linscott, Robert Newton. The best American humorous short stories / [1945] PZ1. L65 Be
• Malin, Irving. Contemporary American-Jewish literature / [1973] PS153. J4 M3 1973
• McClave, Heather. Women writers of the short story : a collection of / c1980. PS374. S5 W6
• Meanor, Patrick. American short-story writers since World War II / c1993. PS374.S5 A398 1993, Ref
• Prenshaw, Peggy Whitman. Women writers of the contemporary South / c1984. PS261. W65 1984
• Stevick, Philip. The American short story, 1900-1945 : a critical history / 1984. PS374.S5 A366 1984
• Thurston, Jarvis. Short fiction criticism ; a checklist of interpretation / [1960] PZ1. T48x Ref
• Voss, Arthur. The American short story ; a critical survey / [1973] PS374. S5 V6

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