Best of ""Prairie Schooner"": Fiction and Poetry

Best of Prairie Schooner: Fiction and Poetry appears in observance of that periodical's 75th year of publication no mean feat for a literary journal and one worth celebrating. Assembled by Hilda Raz, the magazine's current editor, almost all of the selections are culled from the last 20 years (as long as the journal has held reprint rights), thus excluding the likes of Capote and Welty. Prose and verse are split 50/50; contributors include heavyweights Joyce Carol Oates, A.R. Ammons, Rita Dove and Reynolds Price alongside such newer talents as Stephanie Strickland, Karen Volkman and Raphael Campo. ( Apr. 19)