Shortly before he died, America's laureate of the dispossessed made his own selection from his short stories, revised the texts and published them in this authorative edition.

The stories inWhere I'm Calling Fromare selected from the full range of the author's work includingFurious Seasons,Will You Please Be Quiet,Please?,What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, andCathedraland include all seven stories from his last collection,Elephant.