FIRST VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES EBOOK EDITION, MAY 2015
Copyright © 1986, 1987, 1988 by Tess Gallagher
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., Toronto. Originally published, in hardcover, by The Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, in 1988. Subsequently published in trade paperback by Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 1989.
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“Nobody Said Anything,” “Bicycles, Muscles, Cigarettes,” “The Student’s Wife,” “They’re Not Your Husband,” “What Do You Do in San Francisco?,” “Fat,” “What’s in Alaska?,” “Neighbors,” “Put Yourself in My Shoes,” “Collectors,” “Why, Honey,” and “Are These Actual Miles?” (Originally “What Is It?”) are from Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver, originally published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. Copyright © 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 by Tess Gallagher.
“Distance,” “The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off” (originally “Dummy”), and “So Much Water So Close to Home” are from Furious Seasons by Raymond Carver, originally published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara. Copyright © 1968, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 by Tess Gallagher.
“Gazebo,” “One More Thing,” “Little Things” (originally “Popular Mechanics”), “Why Don’t You Dance?,” “A Serious Talk,” “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” and “The Calm” are from What We Talk About When We Talk About Love , by Raymond Carver. Copyright © 1980, 1981 by Tess Gallagher. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
“Vitamins,” “Careful,” “Where I’m Calling From,” “Chef’s House,” “Fever,” “Feathers,” “Cathedral,” and “A Small Good Thing” are from Cathedral , by Raymond Carver. Copyright © 1981, 1982, 1983 by Tess Gallagher. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Carver, Raymond.
Where I’m calling from new and selected stories / Raymond Carver — 1st Vintage contemporaries ed.
p/ cm — (Vintage Contemporaries)
I. Title.
PS3553 A7894W4 1989 88-40366
813´54—dc19
Vintage Books Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-679-72231-1
eBook ISBN: 978-1-101-97059-1
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