Madison Smartt Bell -- Wendell Berry -- Kaye Gibbons -- Anthony Hecht -- Alice Hoffman -- Anne LaBastille -- Thomas McGrath -- Claude McKay -- Paul Monette -- Lorrie Moore -- Anais Nin -- Sharon Olds -- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings -- Ishmael Reed -- Tom Robbins -- Amy Tan -- David Foster Wallace -- John Edgar Wideman
Summary
Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field