Gotham Writers' Workshop Fiction Gallery: Exceptional Short Stories Selected by New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School.(Book Review)

Gotham Writers' Workshop Fiction Gallery: Exceptional Short Stories Selected by New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Aug. 2004. c.384p. ISBN 158234-462-0. pap. $16.95. F

Gotham Writers' Workshop, a well-respected adult education program for aspiring wordsmiths, has released a stellar collection of 25 stories to entice the public into reading short fiction. The lure showcases writers both well and little known, among them: Jorge Luis Borges, T.C. Boyle, Ethan Canin, Anton Chekhov, Edwidge Danticat, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jhumpa Lahiri, ZZ Packer, Dorothy Parker, Jess Row, and Hannah Tinti. As with any collection, some entries …