Beginners (Vintage Contemporaries)

Here is the original manuscript of Raymond Carver’s seminal 1981 collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Carver is one of the most celebrated short-story writers in American literature—his style is both instantly recognizable and hugely influential—and the pieces in What We Talk About . . ., which portray the gritty loves and lives of the American working class, are counted among the foundation stones of the contemporary short story. In this unedited text, we gain insight into the process of a great writer. These expansive stories illuminate the many dimensions of Carver’s style, and are indispensable to our understanding of his legacy.

Text established by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories
• Cathedral
• Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories
• Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
• All of Us: The Collected Poems
• Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories
• Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose
• Jesus' Son: Stories
• Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works
• The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes