This anthology is the first collection of 20th-century American short stories designed specifically for ESL/EFL students. There are no exercises, simply a wonderful collection of fine literature.

• Includes unabridged, unsimplified stories by a wide variety of American voices: Sandra Cisneros, Ernest Hemingway, Toshio Mori, Richard Wright, John Updike, Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, and more.
  
  
• Promotes strong connection between reading and writing.
  
  
• Anthology combines only the readings and introductory material from both volumes for instructors who like to create their own activities.

1. No Speak English.

2. Popular Mechanics.

3. The Unicorn in the Garden.

4. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse.

5. Samuel.

6. The Chaser.

7. The Brown House.

8. Love.

9. The Use of Force.

10. The Lottery.

11. A Blizzard under Blue Sky.

12. The Sentinel.

13. Hills Like White Elephants.

14. The Man to Send Rain Clouds.

15. The Somebody.

16. Japanese Hamlet.

17. Secrets.

18. The Orphaned Swimming Pool.

19. The Sojourner.

20. English as a Second Language.

21. The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant.

22. Fine Points.

23. Where You Have Been Where You Are Going.

24. Christmas Show.