"Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of the short story from the pages of The Paris Review"--Cover p. [4]

Dimmer / Joy Williams ; introduced by Daniel Alarcón -- t Another drunk gambler / Craig Nova ; introduced by Ann Beattie -- City boy / Leonard Michaels ; introduced by David Bezmozgis -- Emmy Moore's journal / Jane Bowles ; introduced by Lydia Davis -- Bangkok / James Salter ; introduced by Dave Eggers -- Car crash while hitchhiking / Denis Johnson ; introduced by Jeffrey Eugenides -- Pelican song / Mary-Beth Hughes ; introduced by Mary Gaitskill -- Funes, the memorious / Jorge Luis Borges ; introduced by Aleksandar Hemon -- Old birds / Bernard Cooper ; introduced by Amy Hempel -- Except for the sickness I'm quite healthy now. You can believe that / Thomas Glynn ; introduced by Jonathan Lethem -- Likely Lake / Mary Robison ; introduced by Sam Lipsyte -- Several garlic tales / Donald Barthelme ; introduced by Ben Marcus -- Why don't you dance / Raymond Carver ; introduced by David Means -- Palace thief / Ethan Canin ; introduced by Lorrie Moore -- Flying carpets / Steven Milhauser ; introduced by Daniel Orozco -- Dinner at the Bank of England / Guy Davenport ; introduced by Norman Rush -- Lying presences / Norman Rush ; introduced by Mona Simpson -- Ten stories from Flaubert / Lydia Davis ; introduced by Ali Smith -- Beau monde of Mrs. Bridge / Evan S. Connell ; introduced by Wells Tower -- Night flight to Stockholm / Dallas Wiebe ; introduced by Joy Williams