Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, in 1938. His first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please (a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1984), and Where I'm Calling From in 1988, when he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died August 2, 1988, shortly after completing the poems of A New Path to the Waterfall.

Beginners

Beginners

Raymond Carver Text established by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love / Beginners Call If You Need Me

Call If You Need Me

Raymond Carver
All of Us

All of Us

Raymond Carver
Short Cuts

Short Cuts

Raymond Carver With an Introduction by Robert Altman
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? Cathedral

Cathedral

Raymond Carver
Fires

Fires

Raymond Carver
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Where I'm Calling From

Where I'm Calling From

Raymond Carver
Ultramarine

Ultramarine

Raymond Carver
Where Water Comes Together with Other Water

Series with Raymond Carver

Author Contributions

On Becoming a Novelist

On Becoming a Novelist

John W Gardner;Raymond Carver
American Short Story Masterpieces

American Short Story Masterpieces

Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks

Books by Raymond Carver from The Library of America