The Best American Short Stories 1960 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series edited by Martha Foley. The volume was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Background The series is considered one of the "best-known annual anthologies of short fiction""Short and Sweet" by Mark Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 11/05/99, issue 511, page 73. and has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature."The Best American Short Stories of the Century," Publishers Weekly, 3/8/1999, volume 246, issue 10, page 47.
In particular, the Willa Cather Review wrote that The Best American Short Stories series "became a repository of values" for creative writing programs, college libraries, and literary magazines."'Long-Cellared Wine': 'Double Birthday,' Edward J. H. O'Brien, and the Best American Short Stories Series" by Timothy W. Bintrim and Scott Riner, Willa Cather Review, spring 2023, volume 64, issue 1, page 18. The Los Angeles Times, reflecting on the hundred-year anniversary of the series, noted that it eventually became an "institution" itself, often being taught in classrooms.
Short stories included AuthorStorySourceSanora Babb"The Santa Ana"The Saturday Evening PostStanley Ellin"The Day of the Bullet"Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineGeorge P. Elliot"Words Words Words"The Hudson ReviewHoward Fast"The Man Who Looked Like Jesus"EsquireMavis Gallant"August"The New YorkerGeorge Garrett"An Evening Performance"MademoiselleJohn Graves "The Last Running"The Atlantic MonthlyLawrence Sargent Hall"The Ledge"The Hudson ReviewElizabeth Hardwick "The Purchase"The New YorkerLachlan MacDonald"The Hunter"CoastlinesBernard Malamud"The Maid's Shoes"Partisan ReviewArthur Miller"I Don't Need You Anymore"EsquireHoward Nemerov"Unbelievable Characters"EsquirePhyllis Roberts"Hero"The Virginia Quarterly ReviewPhilip Roth"Defender of the Faith"The New YorkerTheodore Sturgeon"The Man Who Lost the Sea"The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionHarvey Swados"A Glance in the Mirror"The Hudson ReviewPeter Taylor"Who Was Jesse's Friend and Protector?"The Kenyon ReviewElisabeth Larsh Young"Counterclockwise"Quixote
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