Hemingway39;s best short stories surpass even The Sun Also Raise, his only novel that seems now to be something more than a period piece. Wallace Stevens, the strongest of modern American poets, once termed Hemingway 34;the most significant of living poets, so far as the subject of extraordinary reality is concerned.34;By 34;port34; here, Steven meant the remarkable stylist of Hemingway39;s short stories, and by 34;extraordinary reality34; he meant a poetic realm in which 34;consciousness takes the place of imagination.34; This high praise is merited by Hemingway39;s permanent achievements in the short story, some fifteen or so masterpieces, easy to parody (frequently by Hemingway himself) but impossible to forget.