Don Delillo -- Annie Dillard -- Stanley Elkin -- John Gardner -- William Gass -- Robert Hass -- Irving Howe -- Richard Hugo -- Zora Neale Hurston -- John Irving -- Charles Johnson -- Susan Minot -- Grace Paley -- Robert Pinsky -- Reynolds Price -- Muriel Rukeyser -- Jane Smiley -- W.D. Snodgrass.
Summary
Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field.