| The Best American Short Stories 1990 | |
| Editor: | Shannon Ravenel and Richard Ford |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published: | 1990 |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 0395515963 |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 1989 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 1991 |
The Best American Short Stories 1990, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Shannon Ravenel and by guest editor Richard Ford.[1]
In a review appearing in Kirkus Reviews the volume was said to include a "fair sampling of what's happening in American fiction today," while also criticizing the editorial choice of stories appearing elsewhere in the same year and the inclusion of two stories each by two writers.[2] In the Publishers' Weekly review it was noted that "the volume's prevailing themes [are] of modern angst."[3]
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| "River of Toys" | Southwest Review | |
| "The Fireman's Wife" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
| "A Kind of Simpe, Happy Grace" | Wigwag | |
| "Finding Natasha" | Antaeur | |
| "The Wizard" | The AGNI Review | |
| "The Secret of Cartwheels" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
| "How to Talk to a Hunter" | Quarterly West | |
| "Mr. Morning" | The Ontario Review | |
| "Car-Crash While Hitchhiking" | The Paris Review | |
| "Nothing to Ask For" | The New Yorker | |
| "Eisenheim the Illusionist" | Esquire | |
| "You're Ugly, Too" | The New Yorker | |
| "Differently" | The New Yorker | |
| "Wigtime" | The New Yorker | |
| "Typical" | Grand Street | |
| "The Reverse Bug" | The New Yorker | |
| "Prowler" | The New Yorker | |
| "In a Father's Place" | Ploughshares | |
| "Commuter Marriage" | The Hudson Review | |
| "The Little Winter" | Granta | |