The Best American Short Stories of the Century

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Introduction [unknown]

01:36

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The Other Woman John Updike , Sherwood Anderson

23:11

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Theft Katherine Anne Porter , Jill McCorkle

16:17

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Crazy Sunday, Part 1 F. Scott Fitzgerald , George Plimpton

34:34

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Crazy Sunday, Part 2 F. Scott Fitzgerald , George Plimpton

06:02

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Gold Coast James Alan McPherson

42:09

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The Interior Castle, Part 1 Mary Gordon , Jean Stafford

25:18

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The Interior Castle, Part 2 Mary Gordon , Jean Stafford

17:57

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The German Refugee Bernard Malamud , Alan Cheuse

33:13

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The Shawl Cynthia Ozick

17:17

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How to Win Rosellen Brown

42:46

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I Want to Live, Part 1 Thom Jones

31:47

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I Want to Live, Part 2 Thom Jones

19:22

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Birthmates Gish Jen

42:17

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Wild Plums Grace Stone Coates , Ashley Warlick

12:29

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Here We Are Dorothy Parker , Meg Wolitzer

19:18

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Christmas Gift Robert Penn Warren , Christopher Tilghman

25:21

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The Hitch-Hikers, Part 1 Jill McCorkle , Eudora Welty

17:09

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The Hitch-Hikers, Part 2 Jill McCorkle , Eudora Welty

17:18

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The Second Tree from the Corner E. B. White , Donald Hall

14:03

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Gesturing John Updike

33:07

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A City of Churches Donald Barthelme , Rick Moody

10:26

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The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien

50:28

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Where I'm Calling From, Part 1 Raymond Carver , Charles Baxter

24:18

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Where I'm Calling From, Part 2 Raymond Carver , Charles Baxter

21:31

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You're Ugly Too Lorrie Moore

50:23

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Proper Library, Part 1 Carolyn Ferrell

07:46

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Proper Library, Part 2 Carolyn Ferrell

33:32

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The Best Girlfriend You Never Had Pam Houston

45:09

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