Points of View: Revised Edition

PrefaceINTERIOR MONOLOGUEA Telephone Call Dorothy ParkerI Stand Here Ironing Tillie OlsenDRAMATIC MONOLOGUEStraight Pool John OHaraThe Lady's Maid Katherine Mansfield…& Answers Joyce Carol OatesLETTER NARRATIONInter-Office Rosellen BrownA Bundle of Letters Henry JamesA Wilderness Station Alice MunroJupiter Doke, Brigadier General Ambrose BierceDIARY NARRATIONThe Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Night Watchman's Occurrence Book V. S. NaipaulAmahl and the Night Visitors Lorrie MooreSUBJECTIVE NARRATIONThe Somebody Danny SantiagoMy Side of the Matter Truman CapoteMy Sister's Marriage Cynthia Marshall RichWhy, You Reckon? Langston HughesA & P John UpdikeDistance Grace PaleyDETACHED AUTOBIOGRAPHYChristmas Eve at Johnson's Drugs N Goods Toni Cade BambaraThe Circuit Francisco JimenezFirst Confession Frank O'ConnorA Coupla Scalped Indians Ralph EllisonBirthday David Wong LouieThe Passing Durango MendozaMEMOIR, OR OBSERVER NARRATIONThe Voice from the Wall Amy TanCountry Jayne Anne PhillipsScales Louise ErdrichThe Bridle Raymond CarverThe Eggs of the World Toshio MoriANONYMOUS NARRATION: SINGLE CHARACTER POINT OF VIEWThe Five-Forty-Eight John CheeverThe Stone Boy Gina BerriaultDoby's Gone Ann PetryAct of Faith Irwin ShawCome Out the Wilderness James BaldwinANONYMOUS NARRATION: DUAL CHARACTER POINT OF VIEWSinking House T. Coraghessan BoyleThe Only Rose Sarah Orne JewettStrong Horse Tea Alice WalkerUglypuss Margaret AtwoodANONYMOUS NARRATION: MULTIPLE CHARACTER POINT OF VIEWFever Flower Shirley Ann GrauThe Suicides of Private Greaves James MoffettInez Merle HodgeANONYMOUS NARRATION: NO CHARACTER POINT OF VIEWA New Window Display Nicholosa MohrThe Lottery Shirley JacksonPowerhouse Eudora WeltyAfterwordReferencesRelated Works by James MoffettAcknowledgments