Combining the poet's four previous collections with new, unpublished poems, this anthology of a great American poet moves from Manhattan to the quietude of rural Vermont, exploring themes of friendship and social injustice.

Collects twenty-three classic short stories, including works from Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, R.K. Narayan, Anton Chekhov, and Flannery O'Connor.

"A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman."--

Collects humor pieces by such authors as Veronica Geng, Garrison Keillor, Steve Martin, Calvin Trillin, Andy Borowitz, Larry Doyle, Simon Rich, and David Sedaris.