Women writers

Presents Joyce Carol Oates's 1966 short story inspired by a magazine article about a teenage killer in Arizona, followed by critical essays and reviews written in response to the story and its film adaptation.

Presents twentieth-century Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko's short story "Yellow Woman," in which a Pueblo wife and mother disappears briefly with a strange man; also includes a scholarly introduction, an interview with the author, eight critical essays, and a selected bibliography.

Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.

A resource on twentieth-century African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat" that includes a Hurston chronology, background texts by Hurston and others, six critical essays, and a selected bibliography.