Kathy Acker / Julie Sears -- Paul Auster / Patrick A. Smith -- Frederick Buechner / Charles R. Baker -- Robert Olen Butler / Patrick A. Smith -- Peter Cameron / Hugh Coyle -- Anne Carson/ Brian Henry -- Gregory Corso / Jonathan N. Barron -- Stephen Dixon / Jerome Klinkowitz -- Leslie Epstein / Sanford Pinsker -- Albert Goldbarth / Jonathan N. Barron -- John Haines / Cornelius Browne -- Joy Harjo / Pegge Bochynski -- John Knowles / Charles R. Baker -- J.D. McClatchy / Willard Spiegelman -- Frank McCourt / Mary Ellen Bertolini -- Sue Miller / William H. Pritchard -- Ann Patchett / Joan Wylie Hall -- Richard Russo / Tricia Welsch
Summary
Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and cumulative index