**From “one of the great short story writers of our time—of any time” (* The Philadelphia Inquirer* )—comes more than sixty stories, poems, and essays, including two early versions from the seminal collection, *What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. * Show[s] the enormous talent of Raymond Carver beginning to take hold. — *San Francisco Chronicle * * * A wide-ranging collection by the extravagantly versatile Raymond Carver. Two of the stories that were later significantly revised in *What We Talk About When We Talk About Love* appear here in their original form, revealing clearly the astounding process of Carver’s literary development.