If the River Was Whiskey
by T. Coraghessan Boyle | 
Ellis Island and Other Stories
by Mark Helprin | 
Five Stories
by Willa Cather | 
Final Vinyl Days
by Jill McCorkle | 
A Multitude of Sins
by Richard Ford | 
A Quiver Full of Arrows
by Jeffrey Archer | 
In the Land of Dreamy Dreams
by Ellen Gilchrist | 
Cruising Paradise
by Sam Shepard | 
Don't Tell Anyone
by Frederick Busch | 
Waltzing the Cat
by Pam Houston | 
Passion and Affect
by Laurie Colwin | 
Under a Glass Bell
by Anais Nin |
The Ragman's Daughter
by Alan Sillitoe | 
Tabloid Dreams
by Robert Olen Butler | 
The Coast of Good Intentions
by Michael Byers | 
Sixty Stories
by Donald Barthelme | 
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
by David Foster Wallace | 
An Actor's Life
by Duncan Whitehead | 
Selected Stories
by Alice Munro | 
Forty Stories
by Donald Barthelme |
EMPEROR OF THE AIR "explores tricky family relationships and tender moments of self-discovery with a voice of compassion rarely found in contemporary short fiction" (San Francisco Chronicle). Whether his characters are struggling to save trees in their yards, their marriages, or themselves, Cannin renders their moments of revelation with rich observation, energy, humor, and grace.