Short story master

Last night I read through notes from one of my creative writing classes I took while I lived in NYC. One of the suggested writers to emulate was Raymond Carver. I forgot how well Carver crafts short fiction -- arguably he is one of the masters of American short fiction. Minimalist, spare, clean -- just a few adjectives which describe his writing. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is his best-known story, but "Cathedral" is another brilliant short story taught in creative writing classes everywhere.