American writers.  a collection of literary biographies /  Supplement XXIII  [electronic resource] : 
Jay Parini, editor. 
 - Detroit, Mich. :  Charles Scribner's Sons,  2013. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 605 p.). 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Sholem Asch / Jack Fischel -- Peter Balakian / Hovig Tchalian -- Pinckney Benedict / Louis H. Palmer III -- Barbara Crooker / Janet McCann -- Stuart Dybek / Judith Kitchen -- Zee Edgell / J. Roger Kurtz -- Frederick Exley / Tom Cerasulo -- Rachel Hadas / Kim Bridgford -- Jane Hirshfield / Susan Carol Hauser -- Maurice Kenny / Nicholas Spengler -- Meridel Le Sueur / Robert Buckeye -- George Lippard / Jonas Prida -- Cherrie Moraga / L. Bailey McDaniel -- Frank O'Hara / Stephen Ross -- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft / Cheri Johnson -- Penelope Scambly Schott / Claire Keyes -- Betty Smith / Sari Fordham -- Elizabeth Strout / Phoebe Jackson -- Jean Thompson / Rachel Hall. 
<br/><br/> Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780684317021 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism.<br/>American literature--Bio-bibliography.<br/>Authors, American--Biography.