Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology ed. Paula Geyh, Fred Leebron & Andrew Levy (W.W. Norton & Company, September 1997, 978-0-393-31698-8, $24.95, xxxii+672pp, hc, an, cover by Roger Brown)
Textbook anthology of 70 stories and excerpts divided into thematic sections, including the SF-oriented “Technoculture”, with critical discussions. The difference between fantasy and “Postmodern” is usually arguable. Authors include Thomas Pynchon, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joanna Russ, Joyce Carol Oates, William S. Burroughs, and Octavia Butler.
- xi · Introduction · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · in
- 1 · I. Breaking the Frame · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · si
- 4 · The Crying of Lot 49 · Thomas Pynchon · ex J.B. Lippincott, June 1966
- 15 · Crab Nebula · William Burroughs · ex from Nova Express, Grove Press, 1964
- 25 · See the Moon? · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker March 12 1966
- 33 · Sentence · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker March 7 1970
- 40 · “Trout Death by Port Wine” · Richard Brautigan · ex from Trout Fishing in America, Four Seasons Foundation, October 1967
- 43 · Indigo · Ntozake Shange · ss Sassafras, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange, St. Martin's Press, 1982
- 55 · Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down · Ishmael Reed · ex Doubleday, 1969; chapter 1.
- 66 · In the Heart of the Heart of the Country · William Gass · nv New American Review #1, September 1967
- 85 · Breakfast of Champions · Kurt Vonnegut · ex Delacorte Press, 1973; preface & chapter 1.
- 94 · The Pale Pink Roast · Grace Paley · ss The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley, Doubleday, 1959
- 99 · Ardor/Awe/Atrocity · Walter Abish · ss In the Future Perfect by Walter Abish, New Directions, 1977
- 111 · The American Woman in the Chinese Hat · Carole Maso · ex Dalkey Archive Press, May 1994
- 116 · Bluegill · Jayne Anne Phillips · ss Ploughshares Winter 1979
- 121 · Living with Contradictions · Lynne Tillman · ss Top Stories #10, 1982
- 125 · II. Fact Meets Fiction · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · si
- 127 · In Cold Blood · Truman Capote · ex Random House, January 1966
- 141 · Armies of the Night · Norman Mailer · ex New American Library, 1968; from Part II: Friday Afternoon.
- 146 · Zami: A New Spelling of My Name · Audre Lorde · ex Persephone Press, 1982; chapter 4.
- 153 · The Visible Spectrum · William T. Vollmann · ss The Rainbow Stories by William T. Vollman, Andre Deutsch, 1989
- 160 · A Note on the Truth of the Tales · William T. Vollmann · aw The Rainbow Stories by William T. Vollman, Andre Deutsch, 1989
- 161 · Clio History · Theresa Hak Kyung Cha · ex from Dictee, Tanam Press, October 1982
- 174 · How to Tell a True War Story · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire October 1987
- 184 · Tlilli, Tlapalli: The Path of the Red and Black Ink · Gloria Anzaldúa · ex from Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Aunt Lute Books, 1987
- 193 · III. Popular Culture and High Culture Collide · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · si
- 197 · Our Town · Jay Cantor · ex from Krazy Kat, Knopf, 1988
- 198 · The Gadget · Jay Cantor · ex from Krazy Kat, Knopf, 1988
- 212 · Come Over Come Over · Lynda Barry · ex HarperCollins, 1990
- 216 · Stories from the Nerve Bible · Laurie Anderson · ex HarperPerennial, January 1993
- 226 · The Phantom of the Movie Palace · Robert Coover · ss A Night at the Movies by Robert Coover, Simon & Schuster, 1987
- 242 · Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog · Mark Leyner · ex Harmony Books, February 1995
- 256 · Combat · Curtis White · ex
from forthcoming book Memories of My Father Watching T.V. (Dalkey Archive Press, 1998).
- 264 · Welcome to the Ghetto · Ricardo Cortez Cruz · ex from Premature Autopsies, The Iowa Review 1997
- 271 · Shiloh · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The New Yorker October 20 1980
- 282 · Wild at Heart · Barry Gifford · ex Grove Press, April 1990
- 291 · IV. Revisiting History · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · si
- 295 · Maus · Art Spiegelman · ex Pantheon, 1986
- 301 · Beloved · Toni Morrison · ex Knopf, September 1987
- 307 · Femme Fatale · Philip Roth · ex from The Ghost Writer, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, September 1979
- 321 · Ceremony · Leslie Marmon Silko · ex Viking, March 1977
- 331 · The Leather Man · E. L. Doctorow · ss The Paris Review #92, Summer 1984
- 338 · X ≠ Y · Susan Daitch · ss Storytown: Stories by Susan Daitch, Dalkey Archive Press, 1996
- 341 · Captivity · Sherman Alexie · ss First Indian on the Moon by Sherman Alexie, Hanging Loose Press, 1993
- 345 · Catch-22 · Joseph Heller · ex Simon & Schuster, October 1961; chapter 9. Major Major Major Major.
- 362 · Lyndon · David Foster Wallace · nv Arrival v1 #2, April 1987
- 393 · V. Revising Tradition · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · si
- 396 · The Turn of the Screw · Joyce Carol Oates · ss The Iowa Review v2 #2, Spring 1971
- 409 · I Recall My Childhood · Kathy Acker · ex from Great Expectations, Grove Press, 1982
- 415 · Dunyazadiad · John Barth · nv Esquire June 1972
- 443 · City of Glass · Paul Auster · ex Sun & Moon, 1985; chapter 1.
- 449 · Paul Auster’s City of Glass · Paul Karasik & David Mazzucchelli · ex Avon, 1994
- 458 · Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book · Maxine Hong Kingston · ex Knopf, 1989
- 470 · Neveryóna [Nevèrÿon] · Samuel R. Delany · ex Bantam, April 1983; chapter 1. Of Dragons, Mountains, Transhumance, Sequence, and Sunken Cities, or: The Violence of the Letter.
- 484 · The Youngest Doll · Rosario Ferré; translated by Diana Vélez · ss Her True-True Name ed. Pamela Mordecai & Betty Wilson, Heinemann, 1989
translated from the Spanish (“La muñenca menor”, Revista Nacional de Chile #32, August-October 1972).
- 488 · Housekeeping · Marilynne Robinson · ex Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980; from Chapter 8.
- 497 · The Cariboo Cafe · Helena María Viramontes · ss The Moths and Other Stories by Helena María Viramontes, Arte Publico Press, 1985
- 509 · VI. Technoculture · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · si
- 512 · The Gernsback Continuum · William Gibson · ss Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981
- 519 · Schrödinger’s Cat · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Universe 5 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974
- 525 · She Unnames Them · Ursula K. Le Guin · vi The New Yorker January 21 1985
- 526 · White Noise · Don DeLillo · ex Viking, 1985; chapters 7, 9 & 17.
- 537 · The Female Man · Joanna Russ · ex Bantam, February 1975; part One.
- 548 · Feral Lasers · Gerald Vizenor · ss Caliban 6 Fall 1989
- 554 · Imago [Xenogenesis] · Octavia Butler · ex Warner, May 1989; chapter 1.
- 561 · Snow Crash · Neal Stephenson · ex Bantam, April 1993; chapter 1.
- 568 · Shopping Is Not Creating · Douglas Coupland · ex from Generation X, St. Martin’s, March 1991
- 573 · I Have Said Nothing · J. Yellowlees Douglas · ex The Eastgate Quarterly Review of Hypertext v1 #2, Winter 1994
- 576 · Afternoon, a Story · Michael Joyce · ex Eastgate Systems, 1987
- 581 · VII. A Casebook of Postmodern Theory · Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron & Andrew Levy · si
- 583 · Sorties: Out and Out: Attacks/Ways Out/Forays · Hélène Cixous; translated by Betsy Wing · ex Newly Born Woman by Hélène Cixous, tr. Betsy Wing, University of Minnesota Press, 1986
translated from the French (La Jeune Née, 1975).
- 585 · Toward a Concept of Postmodernism · Ihab Hassan · ar Salmagundi #58/59, 1982
- 595 · Public Access · Michael Bérubé · ex Verso, 1994
- 603 · A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century · Donna Haraway · ex Socialist Review #80, 1985
- 622 · Postscript to The Name of the Rose · Umberto Eco; translated by William Weaver · ex Harcourt, 1984
translated from the Italian (“Postille a Il nome della rosa”, Bompiani, 1983).
- 624 · Postmodern Blackness · Bell Hooks · ar Postmodern Culture v1 #1, September 1990
- 631 · Simulacra and Simulation · Jean Baudrillard; translated by Sheila Faria Glaser · ex University of Michigan Press, 1994
translated from the French (Simulacres et Simulation, Editions Galilée, 1981).
- 637 · Conclusions · Terry Harpold · ar Hyper/Text/Theory ed. George Landow, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
- 649 · Woman, Native, Other · Trinh T. Minh-Ha · ex Indiana University Press, 1989
- 654 · Postmodernism and Consumer Society · Fredric Jameson · ex The Anti-Aesthetic ed. Hal Foster, Bay Press, 1983
- 671 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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