The New World (short story collection)

The New World is a collection of short stories by Russell Banks. It was first published in 1978.

Contents

 * "The Custodian" – first appeared in New Boston Review
 * "The Perfect Couple" – Fiction International, nos. 6/7 (1976)
 * "A Sentimental Education"
 * "About the Late Zimma (Penny) Cate: Selections from Her Loving Husband's Memory Hoard" – TriQuarterly, Fall 1977
 * "The Conversation" – Shenandoah, Fall 1977
 * "The Rise of the Middle Class" – Canto, September 1977
 * "Indisposed" – Matrix, June 1978
 * "The Caul" – Mississippi Review, Spring 1978
 * "The Adjutant Bird" – Lillabulero 1, no. 3 (July 1967)
 * "The New World" – Ploughshares 3, no. 2 (1976)