women authors

True-crime writer Molly Blume investigates a hit and run accident that doesn't seem like an accident at all.

Presents the notebooks of author Marguerite Duras kept between 1943 and 1949. Includes early drafts of some of her works including "The Lover" and "The War." Describes Duras's youth in colonial Vietnam where her mother sold her to "the lover" and discusses her war experiences.

Includes a brief biography of Virginia Woolf, critical views and plot summaries of four of her novels, and an index of themes and ideas.

Collection of interviews with author Eudora Welty conducted mainly since 1983, in which she discusses her parents, her childhood and schooldays in Jackson, Mississippi, her trips to New York City, gardening, travel, fellow writers, and a variety of other topics including her photographic work.

Kyoko Mori takes you on a journey through her native Japan, from which she fled as a teenager, and then returned in 1990. She gives a personal journey of discovery that is also an exploration of national differences.

Studies the major issues that are present in Maya Angelou's autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and discusses how it reflects many of the challenges that African-Americans have to face.