Nelson Algren -- Rachel Carson -- Amy Clampitt -- Zelda Fitzgerald -- Robert Francis -- William Humphrey -- Shirley Jackson -- Tony Kushner -- William Matthews -- John Muir -- Dorothy Parker -- Richard Powers -- Henry Roth -- James Salter -- Louis...
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Nelson Algren -- Rachel Carson -- Amy Clampitt -- Zelda Fitzgerald -- Robert Francis -- William Humphrey -- Shirley Jackson -- Tony Kushner -- William Matthews -- John Muir -- Dorothy Parker -- Richard Powers -- Henry Roth -- James Salter -- Louis Simpson -- Gerald Stern -- Jean Toomer -- David Wagoner. Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field