Teaching Stories: An Anthology on the Power of Learning and Literature - Softcover

A collection of short fiction, compiled by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Children of Crisis, explores the world of education, teaching, and learning in works by Julia Alvarez, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Anton Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Toni Morrison, Flannery O'Connor, Tobias Wolff, and other distinguished writers. Original.

In this remarkable anthology, some of the world’s greatest writers provide a master class on the transformative power of learning and literature. Culled from a course developed by Pulitzer Prize—winning author Robert Coles for the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Teaching Stories is an invaluable collection in which novelists, essayists, and poets “render school life in all its complexity and variety.”

Featuring writings by James Agee · Julia Alvarez · Charles Baxter · Raymond Carver · John Cheever · Anton Chekhov · Erik H. Erikson · Anna Freud · Thomas Hardy · Toni Morrison · Howard Nemerov · Flannery O’Connor · Tillie Olsen · Leo Tolstoy · Tobias Wolff · Richard Yates

Ideal for educators and students of all ages, Teaching Stories will inspire anyone who loves great writing.