Sources

This guide is a student research guide. The majority of the content was researched by the following students in EG540: American Short Story with Professor Amy Sage Webb-Baza at Emporia State University. 

Thank you to:
Kathleen Alcott
Amy Brown
Marianne Galaviz
Jason Nichols
Hannah Rogers
Shiloah Hutsen
Kate Smith
Taylor Huth
Mattie Ritz-Tillman
Becky Ward
Gabby Mendoza
Melinda Fernandez
Shelbie Amir

This guide was updated and transferred from SpringShare Library Guides through Emporia State University to MERLOT OER by Bethanie O'Dell, the former liaison librarian and research assistant for the students in this course. 

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