Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First edition - These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. In addition to the contributions by the writers shown above, some other selections include William Gass on 'the Test of Time', Jamaica Kincaid on "in History,' "Lost Art" by John Updike, "Nearing Ninety" by William Maxwell and more. Introduction by Ozick and brief biographies of the contributors. Robert Atwan, series editor. Index. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-395-860520.