Why not a novella? / Richard Ford -- June recital / Eudora Welty -- The long march / William Styron -- Goodbye, Columbus / Philip Roth -- A long day in November / Ernest J. Gaines -- The making of Ashenden / Stanley Elkin -- The old forest / Peter Taylor -- Rosa / Cynthia Ozick -- The age of grief / Jane Smiley -- I lock my door upon myself / Joyce Carol Oates -- Hey, have you got a cig, the time, the news, my face / Barry Hannah -- Caroline's wedding / Edwidge Danticat.