Women Writers in the United States is a celebration of the many forms of work - written and social, tangible and intangible - produced by American women. Furthe

This new title brings together overviews and in-depth analysis of hundreds of American women writers, from Colonial America to present day. This work concentrat

For centuries women have been marginalized and overlooked in American literary history. That injustice is corrected in this entertaining and provocative collect

"A sumptuous selection of short fiction and poetry. . . . Its invitation to share the passion of women's voices characterizes the entire volume."--"USA Today."

Sena Jeter Naslund describes the origins of Ahab's Wife in "a vision and a voice." Ann Patchett mourns the ways in which the reality of a novel may fail to live