T.C. Boyle / Pauls Toutonghi -- Joseph Brodsky / Robert Faggen -- Jim Harrison / Patrick A Smith -- Shelby Hearon / James Ward Lee -- Oscar Hijuelos / Joseph M. Viera -- Alfred Kazin / Marybeth McMahon -- Harper Lee / Laurie Champion -- Bobbie Ann Mason / Laban Carrick Hill -- William Maxwell / George Core -- Cormack McCarthy / Victor Strandberg -- Thomas Merton / Paul Johnston -- Gloria Naylor / Kathryn Brewer -- Norman Podhoretz / Sanford Pinsker -- May Sarton / Patricia M. Dwyer -- Charles Simic / Brian Henry -- Gary Snyder / Tyler Hoffman -- Paul Theroux / Liesel Litzenburger -- August Wilson / Keith Clark
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