TY - BOOK AU - Parini,Jay ED - Gale Group. TI - American writers: a collection of literary biographies T2 - Gale virtual reference library SN - 9780684317021 (electronic book) AV - PS121 PY - 2013/// CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Charles Scribner's Sons KW - American literature KW - History and criticism KW - Bio-bibliography KW - Authors, American KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field UR - http://link.galegroup.com/apps/pub/3TAA/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=bilk_itc ER -