I’m to write an essay on an author who writes short stories or poems from the 1950’s to present time in my creative writing class. I only read novels or am a fan of the classics such as Poe, Frost, Whitman, Dickenson, etc…which cannot be used because they are before 1950. 

This is where your help comes in…if you know of a good book about short stories or poems that I should check out, please leave a comment below. I appreciate all the help that I get.