Points of view : [electronic resource] an anthology of short stories / edited by James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny.

"ME2722"--Cover.

Short stories arranged by the story telling technique of the narrators.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 575-576).

Telephone call / Dorothy Parker -- I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen -- Straight pool / John O'Hara -- Lady's maid / Katherine Mansfield -- ...& answers / Joyce Carol Oates -- Inter-office / Rosellan Brown -- Bundle of letters / Henry James -- Wilderness station / Alice Munro -- Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General / Ambrose Bierce -- Yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gillman -- Night watchman's occurrence book / V.S. Naipaul -- Amahl and the night visitors / Lorrie Moore -- Somebody / Danny Santiago -- My side of the matter / Truman Capote -- My sister's marriage / Cynthia Marshall Rich.

Why, you reckon? / Langston Hughes -- A & P / John Updike -- Distance / Grace Paley -- Christmas Eve at Johnson's Drugs N Goods / Toni Cade Bambara -- Circuit / Francisco Jimenez -- First confession / Frank O'Connor -- A coupla scalped indians / Ralph Ellison -- Birthday / David Wong Louie -- Passing / Durango Mendoza -- Voice from the wall / Amy Tan -- Country / Jayne Anne Phillips -- Scales / Louise Erdrich -- Bridle / Raymond Carver -- Eggs of the world / Toshio Mori -- Five-forty-eight / John Cheever -- Stone boy / Gina Berriault -- Doby's gone / Ann Petry -- Act of faith / Irwin Shaw.

Come out of the wilderness / James Baldwin -- Sinking house / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- Only Rose / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Strong horse tea / Alice Walker -- Uglypuss / Margaret Atwood -- Fever flower / Shirley Ann Grau -- Suicides of private greaves / James Moffett -- Inez / Merle Hodge -- New window display / Nicholosa Mohr -- Lottery / Shirley Jackson -- Powerhouse / Eudora Welty.