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The texts in the collection exemplify the thematic breadth and creative diversity that have always characterized the American short story. The edition includes classics such as Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and contemporary stories such as Junot Díaz's "Nilda" and Deborah Eisenberg's "Twilight of the Superheroes." The short stories can be used throughout the upper grades, offer numerous points of connection to the English curriculum, and can be treated from a literary perspective as well as embedded in thematic units. Topics include: the American Dream, immigration, the global role of the USA, the individual and society.