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Kathleen Wilson. Detroit: Gale Research. 1997. Vol. 1. 333 pp. ISBN 0-7876-1690-7. Vol. 2. 349 pp. $55.00/vol. ISBN 0-7878-1691-5.
These first two volumes in a projected series are promising. Targeted to high school and university students and their teachers, each contains approximately twenty entries on classic and contemporary short stories. The stories were selected by surveying a published book list, a study of literature anthologies, and a short story teaching guide. In addition, an advisory board of high school teachers helped shape the focus of the series, indicating that there should be a mix of classic and contemporary works also directing attention to multicultural, international, and women authors;...