TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dark,Larry
AU  - Erdrich,Louise
TI  - The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories, 1997
SN  - 0385483619
AV  - PS 648 .S5 023 1997 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Short stories, American
KW  - United States
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Fiction
N1  - "Best of 1997"--Cover; Introduction; Larry Dark --; City life; (first prize); Mary Gordon --; The falls; (second prize); George Saunders --; The talk talked between worms; (third prize); Lee K. Abbott --; On with the story; John Barth --; The love of a good woman; Alice Munro --; The TWA corbies; Carolyn Cooke --; Catface; Arthur Bradford --; Dancing after hours; Andre Dubus --; The Royal Palms; Matthew Klam --; The lipstick tree; Kiana Davenport --; The red house; Ian MacMillan --; Comfort; Mary Gaitskill --; The Balm of Gilead tree; Robert Morgan --; The final inning; Thomas Glave --; Mermaids; Deborah Eisenberg --; The old farmhouse and the dog-wife; Susan Fromberg Schaeffer --; The taxi ride; Patricia Elam Ruff --; Mirrors; Carol Shields --; His chorus; Christine Schutt --; Demonology; Rick Moody --; Contributors' notes --; Jurors --; 50 honorable mention stories --; Magazines consulted
N2  - Includes story by Minnesota author Louise Erdrich
ER  -