Contemporary Fiction Writers

Introduction

This is a guide to stories by various contemporary fiction writers, as well as to articles in magazines and journals about them. The stories and articles listed should be available at the SFCC Library. Criticism and biography for many authors can be found in the Gale Literary Databases. The New Yorker magazine is available in for check-out from the library's circulation desk. Most other articles are available full-text from the library's Proquest periodicals database.

To locate further information, please ask a reference librarian for assistance.

Margaret Atwood T Coraghessan Boyle Robert Coover Edwidge Danticat Mary Gordon Lorrie Moore Joyce Carol Oates

Tim O'Brien Robert Stone William Trevor Alice Walker John Edgar Wideman Tobias Woolf

Margaret Atwood

Authored by Margaret Atwood

Three chronicles; Margaret Atwood; Ms, Summer 2002; Vol. 12, Iss. 3; pg. 30, 5 pgs

Ka-ching!; Margaret Atwood; The New Yorker, Apr 23-Apr 30, 2001; Vol. 77, Iss. 9; pg. 72

400 years later..."Gertrude talks back"; Margaret Atwood; Literary Cavalcade, Mar 2001; Vol. 53, Iss. 6; pg. 20, 2 pgs

Women's novels; Atwood, Margaret; Harper's Magazine, New York; May 1993; Vol. 286, Iss. 1716; pg. 32, 2 pgs

The Loneliness of the Military Historian; Atwood, Margaret; Harper's, Dec 1990; Vol. 281, Iss. 1687; pg. 17, 2 pgs

Three Chronicles; Atwood, Margaret; Ms, Sep 1990; Vol. 1, Iss. 2; pg. 80, 4 pgs

About Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood on Vision and Lyrical Complexities. New York Times Oct.10, 2000: E.1.

Margaret's museum; John Bemrose; Maclean's, Sep 11, 2000; Vol. 113, Iss. 37; pg. 54, 3 pgs

How she manages to have it all; John Bemrose; Maclean's, Toronto; Sep 7, 1998; Vol. 111, Iss. 36; pg. 56, 2 pgs

Coming-of-age with Atwood; Diane Turbide; Maclean's, Sep 7, 1998; Vol. 111, Iss. 36; pg. 54, 2 pgs

The writer bride; Rosemary Sullivan; Saturday Night, Jul/Aug 1998; Vol. 113, Iss. 6; pg. 56, 8 pgs

Alias Margaret: The Radcliffe years; Rosemary Sullivan; Saturday Night, Jun 1998; Vol. 113, Iss. 5; pg. 54, 7 pgs

Amazing Atwood; Turbide, Diane; Maclean's, Sep 23, 1996; Vol. 109, Iss. 39; pg. 42, 4 pgs

Women's novels; Atwood, Margaret; Harper's Magazine, May 1993; Vol. 286, Iss. 1716; pg. 32, 2 pgs

Criticism

A tale told and untold; Roberta Rubenstein; The World & I, Jan 2001; Vol. 16, Iss. 1; pg. 234 (Review article)

Interviews

A Path Taken, With All The Certainty Of Youth; WRITERS ON WRITING: Life Transformed, Instantly, Electrically; Margaret Atwood; New York Times, New York, N.Y.; Mar 11, 2002; Late Edition (East Coast); pg. E.1

An interview with Margaret Atwood; Dodson, Danita J; Critique, Washington; Winter 1997; Vol. 38, Iss. 2; pg. 96, 9 pgs

Margaret Atwood: 'Respectability Can Kill You Very Quickly.'; Dreifus, Claudia; The Progressive, Madison; Mar 1992; Vol. 56, Iss. 3; pg. 30, 4 pgs

T Coraghessan Boyle

Authored by T Coraghessan Boyle

Fondue The Antioch Review, Yellow Springs; Spring 2001; Vol. 59, Iss. 2; pg. 492, 7 pgs

My Widow T Coraghessan Boyle; The New Yorker, New York; Feb 12, 2001; Vol. 76, Iss. 46; pg. 80

Peep hall T Coraghessan Boyle; Esquire, New York; Sep 2000; Vol. 134, Iss. 3; pg. 218, 10 pgs

Friendly Skies T Coraghessan Boyle; The New Yorker, New York; Aug 7, 2000; Vol. 76, Iss. 22; pg. 70

The Love of My Life T Coraghessan Boyle; The New Yorker, New York; Mar 6, 2000; Vol. 76, Iss. 2; pg. 78

Going Down T Coraghessan Boyle; The Paris Review, Flushing; Fall 1999; Vol. 41, Iss. 152; pg. 63, 16 pgs

Captured by the Indians Boyle, T Coraghessan; The New Yorker, New York; Sep 27, 1999; Vol. 75, Iss. 28; pg. 84, 7 pgs

Interviews

A conversation with... T. Coraghessan Boyle; Lewis Burke Frumkes; The Writer, Boston; Oct 1999; Vol. 112, Iss. 10; pg. 26, 3 pgs

The art of fiction CLXI; George Plimpton; The Paris Review, Flushing; Summer 2000; Vol. 42, Iss. 155; pg. 100, 27 pgs

Criticism

Boyle's Descent of Man; David M Raabe; The Explicator, Summer 2000; Vol. 58, Iss. 4; pg. 223, 4 pgs

Robert Coover

Works by Robert Coover

Stick man; Robert Coover; Harper's Magazine, New York; Aug 2001; Vol. 303, Iss. 1815; pg. 39, 7 pgs

Tears of a clown; Robert Coover; Critique, Fall 2000; Vol. 42, Iss. 1; pg. 81, 3 pgs (nonfiction on Nixon)

The Public Burning log 1966-77; Robert Coover; Critique, Fall 2000; Vol. 42, Iss. 1; pg. 84, 1 pgs (nonfiction)

Beginnings; Robert Coover; Literary Review, Fall 1998; Vol. 42, Iss. 1; pg. 9, 10 pgs

Touch; Robert Coover; The Paris Review, Winter 1998; Vol. 40, Iss. 149; pg. 155, 5 pgs

A sudden story; Coover, Robert; Triquarterly, Spring 1990, Iss. 78

Works about Robert Coover

Coover, Robert; Current Biography, 1991; (Reference Book R 920.03 C936)

Dying fathers: 'Stirrings still'; Robert Coover; The Kenyon Review, Spring 2001; Vol. 23, Iss. 2; pg. 250, 6 pgs (autobiography)

"On "Beginnings"; Robert Coover; Literary Review, Fall 1998; Vol. 42, Iss. 1; pg. 19, 1 pgs (autobiography)

Edwidge Danticat

Authored by Edwidge Danticat

Seven; Edwidge Danticat; The New Yorker, Oct 1, 2001; Vol. 77, Iss. 29; pg. 88

Water Child; Edwidge Danticat; The New Yorker, Sep 11, 2000; Vol. 76, Iss. 26; pg. 84

A rain of daffodils; Edwidge Danticat; Literary Cavalcade, New York; Mar 2000; Vol. 52, Iss. 6; pg. 4, 5 pgs

The Book of the Dead; Danticat, Edwidge; The New Yorker, Jun 21/28, 1999; Vol. 75, Iss. 16; pg. 194, 6 pgs

About Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat: A voice for the voiceless; Michele Wucker; Americas, May/Jun 2000; Vol. 52, Iss. 3; pg. 40, 6 pgs

Re-membering hispanola: Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones; April Shemak; Modern Fiction Studies, Spring 2002; Vol. 48, Iss. 1; pg. 83 (criticism)

Mary Gordon

Works by Mary Gordon

The dancing party; Mary Gordon; Ms, New York; Summer 2002; Vol. 12, Iss. 3; pg. 40, 5 pgs

Women of God; Mary Gordon; The Atlantic Monthly, Jan 2002; Vol. 289, Iss. 1; pg. 57, 31 pgs (nonfiction)

Some thoughts on the feet of courtesans; Mary Gordon; Salmagundi, Fall 2000, Iss. 128/129; pg. 132, 6 pgs (nonfiction)

Journal: Manhattan/New Paltz Winter 2000; Mary Gordon; The American Scholar, Spring 2000; Vol. 69, Iss. 2; pg. 133, 4 pgs

Desperately seeking Joan; Mary Gordon; Commonweal, Mar 10, 2000; Vol. 127, Iss. 5; pg. 11, 3 pgs (nonfiction on Joan of Arc)

Rome: The Visible City; Mary Gordon; Salmagundi, Saratoga Springs; Fall 1999, Iss. 124/125; pg. 79, 17 pgs (nonfiction)

Paradise lost; Gordon, Mary; Vogue, Aug 1999; Vol. 189, Iss. 8; pg. 238, 7 pgs (nonfiction)

The deacon; Mary Gordon; The Atlantic Monthly, May 1999; Vol. 283, Iss. 5; pg. 94, 10 pgs

Saint Edith?; Mary Gordon; Tikkun, Mar/Apr 1999; Vol. 14, Iss. 2; pg. 17, 4 pgs (nonfiction)

The shamed house; Mary Gordon; Harper's, May 1998; Vol. 296, Iss. 1776; pg. 31, 4 pgs

Bishop's house; Gordon, Mary; Harper's, Jan 1997; Vol. 294, Iss. 1760; pg. 69, 7 pgs

Three men tell me stories about their boyhoods; Gordon, Mary; Salmagundi, Fall 1996, Iss. 112; pg. 122, 9 pgs

City life; Gordon, Mary; Ploughshares, Spring 1996; Vol. 22, Iss. 1; pg. 91, 1 pgs

About Mary Gordon

Her master's voices; James Carroll; New York Times Book Review, New York; Mar 26, 2000; pg. 14, 1 pgs

Hidden At the Heart Of the House; [Biography]; William L. Hamilton; New York Times Dec 23, 1999; Late Edition (East Coast); pg. F.1

Mary Gordon: Confessions of a good girl; Jennifer Schuessler; Publishers Weekly, Mar 9, 1998; Vol. 245, Iss. 10; pg. 45, 2 pgs

An interview with Mary Gordon; Samway, Patrick H; America, May 14, 1994; Vol. 170, Iss. 17; pg. 12, 4 pgs

A Concentration of Purpose: The Artistic Journey of Mary Gordon; Booth, Rosemary; Commonweal, Aug 12, 1988; Vol. 115, Iss. 14; pg. 426, 5 pgs

Lorrie Moore

Authored by Lorrie Moore

Legal aide; Lorrie Moore; The New Yorker, Apr 23-Apr 30, 2001; Vol. 77, Iss. 9; pg. 158 (non fiction)

Real estate; Moore, Lorrie; The New Yorker, New York; Aug 17, 1998; Vol. 74, Iss. 24; pg. 66, 8 pgs

Lucky ducks; Lorrie Moore; Harper's, New York; Mar 1998; Vol. 296, Iss. 1774; pg. 65, 13 pgs

People like that are the only people here; Moore, Lorrie; The New Yorker, Jan 27, 1997; Vol. 72, Iss. 44; pg. 58, 14 pgs

Beautiful grade; Moore, Lorrie; The New Yorker, Dec 25, 1995; Vol. 71, Iss. 42; pg. 116

Dance in America; Moore, Lorrie; The New Yorker, Jun 28, 1993; Vol. 69, Iss. 19; pg. 82

Which is more than I can say about some people; Moore, Lorrie; The New Yorker, Nov 8, 1993; Vol. 69, Iss. 37; pg. 108

About Lorrie Moore

Lorrie Moore: Stories that make you cry--until you laugh; Canin, Ethan; Esquire, Aug 1996; Vol. 126, Iss. 2; pg. 92, 2 pgs

About Lorrie Moore; Don Lee; Ploughshares, Fall 1998; Vol. 24, Iss. 2/3; pg. 224, 6 pgs

Interviews

Lorrie Moore: The art of fiction CLXVII; Elizabeth Gaffney; The Paris Review, Spring 2001; Vol. 43, Iss. 158; pg. 57, 28 pgs

The last laugh; Moody, Rick; Artforum, Fall 1999; pg. 24, 2 pgs

The Booklist interview: Lorrie Moore; Molly McQuade; The Booklist, Chicago; Oct 15, 1998; Vol. 95, Iss. 4; pg. 402, 2 pgs

Joyce Carol Oates

Authored by Joyce Carol Oates

Jorie (& Jamie); Joyce Carol Oates; New Statesman, London; Sep 9, 2002; Vol. 15, Iss. 723; pg. 40, 5 pgs

The fruit cellar; Joyce Carol Oates; New Statesman, London; Jul 15, 2002; Vol. 15, Iss. 715; pg. 38, 4 pgs

A Bloodsmoor Romance; Joyce Carol Oates; Ms, New York; Summer 2002; Vol. 12, Iss. 3; pg. 66, 5 pgs

Stonecrop; Joyce Carol Oates; Raritan, Summer 2002; Vol. 22, Iss. 1; pg. 164, 9 pgs

The skull; Joyce Carol Oates; Harper's Magazine, May 2002; Vol. 304, Iss. 1824; pg. 63, 7 pgs

Upholstery; Joyce Carol Oates; The New Yorker, Mar 18, 2002; Vol. 78, Iss. 4; pg. 128

Madison at Guignol; Joyce Carol Oates; The Kenyon Review, Winter 2002; Vol. 24, Iss. 1; pg. 43, 8 pgs

The instructor; Joyce Carol Oates; Salmagundi, Fall 2001, Iss. 132; pg. 44, 33 pgs

Curly red; Joyce Carol Oates; Harper's Magazine, Apr 2001; Vol. 302, Iss. 1811; pg. 86, 8 pgs

In Hiding; Joyce Carol Oates; Michigan Quarterly Review, Spring 2001; Vol. 40, Iss. 2; pg. 373, 8 pgs

Wolf's Head Lake; Joyce Carol Oates; Salmagundi, Fall 2000, Iss. 128/129; pg. 229, 3 pgs

The vigil; Joyce Carol Oates; Harper's Magazine, Jul 2000; Vol. 301, Iss. 1802; pg. 75, 8 pgs

from Blonde; Joyce Carol Oates; Triquarterly, Winter 2000, Iss. 107/108; pg. 174, 13 pgs

Hummingbird; Joyce Carol Oates; Michigan Quarterly Review, Fall 1999; Vol. 38, Iss. 4; pg. 605, 18 pgs

Au Sable; Joyce Carol Oates; Harper's, Feb 1999; Vol. 298, Iss. 1785; pg. 72, 4 pgs

About Joyce Carol Oates

The producer; Susannah Meadows; Newsweek, New York; Sep 17, 2001; Vol. 138, Iss. 12; pg. 64, 2 pgs

Find identity with Joyce Carol Oates; Katie Struckel; Writer's Digest, Feb 2001; Vol. 81, Iss. 2; pg. 22, 2 pgs

Interviews

PW talks with Joyce Carol Oates; Anonymous; Publishers Weekly, Feb 14, 2000; Vol. 247, Iss. 7; pg. 172, 1 pgs

Meet the author: Joyce Carol Oates; John DiConsiglio; Literary Cavalcade, Apr 1998; Vol. 50, Iss. 7; pg. 26, 2 pgs

Tim O'Brien

Works by Tim O'Brien

Just like a woman; Tim O'Brien; Harper's Bazaar, Sep 2002, Iss. 3490; pg. 424 (short essay)

War stories: (4) What went wrong; Tim O'Brien; Esquire, Aug 2002; Vol. 138, Iss. 2; pg. 124 (novel excerpt)

Half Gone; Tim O'Brien; The New Yorker, Jul 8, 2002; Vol. 78, Iss. 18; pg. 66

Little people; Tim O'Brien; Esquire, Oct 2001; Vol. 136, Iss. 4; pg. 98, 7 pgs

Too Skinny; Tim O'Brien; The New Yorker, New York; Sep 10, 2001; Vol. 77, Iss. 26; pg. 92

Winnipeg; Tim O'Brien; The New Yorker, New York; Aug 14, 2000; Vol. 76, Iss. 23; pg. 72

July 69: Time's tickin', Davy Boy. Been shot through the feet, and your luck's running out; Tim O'Brien; Esquire, Jul 2000; Vol. 134, Iss. 1; pg. 102, 8 pgs

Class of '68; Tim O'Brien; Esquire, Mar 1998; Vol. 129, Iss. 3; pg. 160, 1 pgs

The Lives of the Dead; O'Brien, Tim; Esquire, Jan 1989; Vol. 111, Iss. 1; pg. 134, 7 pgs

About Tim O'Brien

Raw Pain, Relived Tim O'Brien's Way; [Biography]; Bruce Weber; New York Times, New York, N.Y.; Sep 2, 1998; Late Edition (East Coast); pg. E.1 (summary online; full-text available on microfilm)

Robert Stone

Authored by Robert Stone

Fun with problems; Robert Stone; The New Yorker, Jul 15, 2002; Vol. 78, Iss. 19; pg. 68

On the road; Robert Stone; New York Times Magazine, Feb 27, 2000; pg. 42, 1 pgs (nonfiction travel)

British Columbia's long road to the far North; Robert Stone; New York Times Magazine, Feb 27, 2000; pg. 26, 6 pgs (travel travel)

Dominion; Robert Stone; The New Yorker, Dec 27, 1999/Jan 3, 2000; Vol. 75, Iss. 40; pg. 76

Three Minutes or Less; William Kennedy; The Paris Review, Flushing; Winter 1999; Vol. 41, Iss. 153; pg. 130, 29 pgs (humor piece)

Damascus Gate; Robert Stone; The World & I, Washington; Sep 1998; Vol. 13, Iss. 9; pg. 245 (excerpt from novel)

The high cost of a good drink; Stone, Robert; The New Yorker, Jan 26, 1998; Vol. 73, Iss. 44; pg. 6, 2 pgs (nonfiction about Cuba)

The morning after; Stone, Robert; Harper's Magazine,; Nov 1996; Vol. 293, Iss. 1758; pg. 62, 6 pgs (nonfiction)

Under the Pitons; Stone, Robert; Esquire, Jul 1996; Vol. 126, Iss. 1; pg. 72, 11 pgs

Misere; Stone, Robert; The New Yorker, Jun 24/Jul 1, 1996; Vol. 72, Iss. 17; pg. 112, 2 pgs

To Find the Edge; Stone, Robert; Harper's, Oct 1991; Vol. 283, Iss. 1697; pg. 66, 15 pgs

About Robert Stone

`Damascus Gate' affirms author's belief in writing as act of faith; [ALL Edition]; Nicholas A. Basbanes; Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; May 31, 1998; pg. C.5

An interview with Robert Stone; Pink, David; Salmagundi,; Fall 1995, Iss. 108; pg. 119, 6 pgs

Like a prayer; The Village Voice, Apr 6, 1993; Vol. 38, Iss. 14; pg. 61, 2 pgs

A Novelist Who Stalks Authenticity; [Biography]; Ralph Blumenthal; New York Times, New York, N.Y.; May 26, 1998; (East Coast); pg. E.1 (microfilm)

William Trevor

Authored by William Trevor

Sacred statues; William Trevor; The New Yorker, Jul 22, 2002; Vol. 78, Iss. 20; pg. 64

Justina's Priest; William Trevor; The New Yorker, Jan 14, 2002; Vol. 77, Iss. 43; pg. 74

A Bit on the Side; William Trevor; The New Yorker, Oct 29, 2001; Vol. 77, Iss. 33; pg. 70

Sitting with the Dead; William Trevor; The New Yorker, Jul 30, 2001; Vol. 77, Iss. 21; pg. 70

Traditions; William Trevor; The New Yorker, Dec 18, 2000; Vol. 76, Iss. 39; pg. 86

The hill bachelors; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, Nov 8, 1999; Vol. 75, Iss. 33; pg. 80, 8 pgs

A Friend in the Trade; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, Feb 8, 1999; Vol. 74, Iss. 45; pg. 66, 6 pgs

Against the odds; William Trevor; Harper's, Jan 1999; Vol. 298, Iss. 1784; pg. 73, 9 pgs

Of the cloth; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, Mar 9, 1998; Vol. 74, Iss. 3; pg. 76, 6 pgs

The telephone game; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, Jan 12, 1998; Vol. 73, Iss. 42; pg. 66, 4 pgs

The mourning; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, Sep 15, 1997; Vol. 73, Iss. 27; pg. 70, 7 pgs

Big bucks; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, Feb 10, 1997; Vol. 72, Iss. 46; pg. 68, 6 pgs

The piano tuner's wives; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, Oct 30, 1995; Vol. 71, Iss. 34; pg. 94

After rain; Trevor, William; The New Yorker, New York; Mar 27, 1995; Vol. 71, Iss. 5; pg. 88

Gilbert's mother; Trevor, William; Harper's Magazine, May 1993, Vol. 286, Iss. 1716; pg. 64, 9 pgs

Rose Wept; Trevor, William; Harper's Magazine, May 1992; Vol. 284, Iss. 1704; pg. 62, 6 pgs

Rose Wept; Trevor, William; The Spectator, Dec 21, 1991; Vol. 267, Iss. 8528; pg. 41, 4 pgs

In Love with Ariadne; Trevor, William; Harper's, Mar 1989; Vol. 278, Iss. 1666; pg. 62, 10 pgs

Children of the Headmaster; Trevor, William; The Spectator, Dec 24, 1988; Vol. 261, Iss. 8372; pg. 25, 5 pgs

Mr. Fuge's dream house; Trevor, William; Architectural Digest, May 1995; Vol. 52, Iss. 5; pg. 86 (nonfiction)

Interview with William Trevor

An Interview with William Trevor; Caldwell, Gail; The Writer, Oct 1990; Vol. 103, Iss.10; pg. 25, 2 pgs

Articles about William Trevor

Stories Keep Coming to a Late Blooming Writer; Bruckner, D J R; New York Times, New York, N.Y.; May 21, 1990; Late Edition (East Coast); pg. C11 (microfilm)

'Almost everything in life happens by chance'; Graeber, Laurel; New York Times Book Review, Jan 8, 1995; pg. 722, 1 pgs (Article request faxed to SFCC Library)

Alice Walker

Works by Alice Walker

"How did I get away with killing one of the biggest lawyers in the state? It was easy."; Alice Walker; Ms, New York; Summer 2002; Vol. 12, Iss. 3; pg. 36, 3 pgs

Finding Langston; Alice Walker; Essence, New York; Dec 2000; Vol. 31, Iss. 8; pg. 141, 2 pgs (Excerpted from the book The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart)

From The Color Purple; Alice Walker; Literary Cavalcade, Jan 1999; Vol. 51, Iss. 4; pg. 4, 4 pgs (Excerpt from the novel)

By the light of my father's smile; Alice Walker; Ms, Sep/Oct 1998; Vol. 9, Iss. 2; pg. 47, 2 pgs (excerpt from the novel)

Marriage vs Freedom; Walker, Alice; Essence, May 1989; Vol. 20, Iss. 1; pg. 81, 3 pgs (excerpt from "The Temple of My Familiar)

Fiction: Birth; Walker, Alice; Ms, May 1989; Vol. 17, Iss. 11; pg. 58, 3 pgs (excerpt from "The Temple of My Familiar)

The Place Where I Was Born; Walker, Alice; Essence, New York; Jun 1991; Vol. 22, Iss. 2; pg. 58, 2 pgs (poetry)

May 1974: In search of our mothers' gardens--the creativity of Black women in the South; Alice Walker; Ms, New York; Spring 2002; Vol. 12, Iss. 2; pg. 23, 4 pgs (nonfiction)

Nonfiction excerpt: The black writer and the southern experience; Alice Walker; Literary Cavalcade, New York; Nov/Dec 2001; Vol. 54, Iss. 3; pg. 10, 3 pgs

The ocean told me to tell you this; Alice Walker; The Utne Reader, Minneapolis; May/Jun 2001, Iss. 105; pg. 42, 3 pgs (nonfiction)

In search of our mother's gardens; Alice Walker; Ms, Sep/Oct 1997; Vol. 8, Iss. 2; pg. 11, 4 pgs (nonfiction)

You have all seen; Walker, Alice; Ms, Mar/Apr 1997; Vol. 7, Iss. 5; pg. 53, 7 pgs (nonfiction)

Giving the party; Walker, Alice; Ms, May 1994; Vol. 4, Iss. 6; pg. 22, 4 pgs(nonfiction)

A legacy of betrayal; Walker, Alice; Ms, Nov 1993; Vol. 4, Iss. 3; pg. 55, 3 pgs(nonfiction)

Disinformation Advertising; Walker, Alice; Ms, Mar 1991; Vol. 1, Iss. 5; pg. 95, 1 pgs (nonfiction)

What Can the White Man ... Say to the Black Woman?; Walker, Alice; The Nation, May 22, 1989; Vol. 248, Iss. 20; pg. 691, 2 pgs (nonfiction)

About Alice Walker

After 20 Years, Meditation Still Conquers Inner Space; WRITERS ON WRITING: Conquering anxiety stimulates creativity; Alice Walker; New York Times, New York, N.Y.; Oct 23, 2000; Late Edition (East Coast); pg. E.1

Once Again, Alice Walker Is Ready to Embrace Her Freedom to Change; Mel Gussow; New York Times, New York, N.Y.; Dec 26, 2000; Late Edition (East Coast); pg. E.1

Alice Walker's new novel offers a New Age celebration of sexuality; [ALL Edition]; Nick Basbanes; Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Jan 17, 1999; pg. C.5

Alice Walker on finding your bliss; Evelyn C White; Ms, Sep/Oct 1998; Vol. 9, Iss. 2; pg. 42, 9 pgs

Alice Walker on activism; Evelyn C White; Black Collegian, Oct 1997; Vol. 28, Iss. 1; pg. 136, 3 pgs

Alice Walker: Color Purple Author Confronts Her Critics and Talks About Her Provocative New Book; Whitaker, Charles; Ebony, May 1992; Vol. 47, Iss. 7; pg. 86, 4 pgs

The Progressive Interview: Alice Walker; Dreifus, Claudia; The Progressive, Aug 1989; Vol. 53, Iss. 8; pg. 29, 3 pgs

Alice Walker; De Vezux, Alexis; Essence, Sep 1989; Vol. 20, Iss. 5; pg. 56, 6 pgs

Living by the Word; Jaynes, Gregory; Life, May 1989; Vol. 12, Iss. 6; pg. 61, 3 pgs

Coral and Turquoise; Walker, Alice; New Statesman & Society, Sep 15, 1989; Vol. 2, Iss. 67; pg. 12, 2 pgs (reminisces on the writing)

Alice Walker: Notes from My Journal; Walker, Alice; Essence, Jul 1988; Vol. 19, Iss. 3; pg. 71, 4 pgs

John Edgar Wideman

Authored by John Edgar Wideman

Philadelphia Fire; John Edgar Wideman; Literary Cavalcade, May 2002; Vol. 54, Iss. 8; pg. 14, 3 pgs (exerpt from novel)

Whose war; John Edgar Wideman; Harper's Magazine,; Mar 2002; Vol. 304, Iss. 1822; pg. 33, 6 pgs

My daughter the hoopster; John Edgar Wideman; Literary Cavalcade, Sep 2000; Vol. 53, Iss. 1; pg. 6, 5 pgs

What is a brother?; John Edgar Wideman; Esquire, Jun 1998; Vol. 129, Iss. 6; pg. 96, 1 pgs

The silence of thelonious monk; John Edgar Wideman; Esquire, Nov 1997; Vol. 128, Iss. 5; pg. 106, 6 pgs

The killing of black boys; John Edgar Wideman; Essence, Nov 1997; Vol. 28, Iss. 7; pg. 122, 8 pgs

Playing Dennis Rodman; Wideman, John Edgar; The New Yorker, Apr 29/May 6, 1996; Vol. 72, Iss. 10; pg. 94, 1 pgs

The politics of prisons: Doing time, marking race; Wideman, John Edgar; The Nation, Oct 30, 1995; Vol. 261, Iss. 14; pg. 503, 3 pgs

Fatheralong; Wideman, John Edgar; Essence, Nov 1994; Vol. 25, Iss. 7; pg. 95, 4 pgs (expert from novel)

All Stories Are True; Wideman, John Edgar; Harper's Magazine, Jan 1992; Vol. 284, Iss. 1700; pg. 50, 7 pgs

About John Edgar Wideman

Wideman's basketball diary and anthology of hope; Ervin Dyer; The New Crisis, Sep/Oct 2001; Vol. 108, Iss. 5; pg. 66, 2 pgs

Conversations with John Edgar Wideman; Ashraf H A Rushdy; African American Review, Fall 2000; Vol. 34, Iss. 3; pg. 544, 3 pgs (book review)

Storytelling and democracy (in the radical sense): A convesation with John Edgar Wideman; Lisa Baker; African American Review, Summer 2000; Vol. 34, Iss. 2; pg. 263, 10 pgs (book review)

The Cadences of Black America; Sanoff, Alvin P; U.S. News & World Report, Oct 15, 1990; Vol. 109, Iss. 15; pg. 92, 2 pgs

Interview with John Edgar Wideman

Home: An interview with John Edgar Wideman; African American Review, Fall 1992; Vol. 26, Iss. 3; pg. 453, 5 pgs

Tobias Wolff

Authored by Tobias Wolff

The most basic plan; Tobias Wolff; The New Yorker, Nov 27, 2000; Vol. 76, Iss. 36; pg. 150

In the hay; Tobias Wolff; The New Yorker, Jun 19-Jun 26, 2000; Vol. 76, Iss. 16; pg. 91

Kiss; Wolff, Tobias; The New Yorker, Mar 29, 1999; Vol. 75, Iss. 5; pg. 88, 9 pgs

Nightingale; Wolff, Tobias; The New Yorker, Jan 6, 1997; Vol. 72, Iss. 41; pg. 54, 4 pgs

The chain; Wolff, Tobias; Esquire, Jul 1996; Vol. 126, Iss. 1; pg. 94, 6 pgs

The night in question; Wolff, Tobias; The New Yorker, Apr 22, 1996; Vol. 72, Iss. 9; pg. 76, 1 pgs

Bullet in the brain; Wolff, Tobias; The New Yorker, Sep 25, 1995; Vol. 71, Iss. 29; pg. 82

Hunters in the snow; Wolff, Tobias; Triquarterly, Spring 1990, Iss. 78; pg. 40, 14 pgs

Sanity; Wolff, Tobias; The Atlantic, Dec 1990; Vol. 266, Iss. 6; pg. 110, 3 pgs

About Tobias Wolff

Mastering the memoir: Tobias Wolff; Elizabeth Glass; Writer's Digest, Cincinnati; Jul 1997; Vol. 77, Iss. 7; pg. 25, 3 pgs (Intervew on Memoir Writing)

Wolff, Tobias; Current Biography, 1996; (Reference Book R 920.03 C936)

Memory, too, is an actor; Time, New York; Apr 19, 1993; Vol. 141, Iss. 16; pg. 62, 2 pgs

Toby Runs Wild; Dyer, Geoff; New Statesman & Society, London; Apr 28, 1989; Vol. 2, Iss. 47; pg. 44, 1 pgs