In its 25th year, we've turned the venerable series over--for the first time--to a non-Southerner, to see choices she'll make about the shape of Southern short fiction.

From legendary writer Amy Hempel, one of the most celebrated and original voices in American short fiction: an astounding collection of fifteen stories that are "riveting in precision" (The Atlantic) and "scintillating ...

Amy Hempel's lean, stark, minimalist prose has made her the darling of connoisseurs of the craft, and she counts among her fans such literary stars as Rick Moody and Chuck Palahniuk. Now Hempel's first four collections of short storie...

A delightful anthology features the long-admired short story writer's first novella, as well as her latest collection of stories, which address the ironies of life with her trademark quirky intelligence. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.