
In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway · 1925
Hemingway's iceberg theory made flesh. The Nick Adams stories, the interchapters of war; this 1925 collection essentially created the aesthetics of American minimalism. Carver, Hempel, and a dozen others owe everything here.
Short Stories · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.