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American Women Writers Project

In this guide you will find lists of authors, books, and other digital and print resources to complete the English 11 American women writers project.

Modern Women Novelists

 

Willa Cather (1873-1947)

 

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Susan Glaspell (1876-1948)

 

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Harper Lee (1926-1916) - this option not available for Porter's classes

 

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Joyce Carol Oates (1938-)

 

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Jodi Picoult (1966-)

 

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Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)

 

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Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)

 

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Toni Morrison (1931-Present)

 

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Louise Erdrich (1954-)

 

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Edwidge Danticat (1969-)

 

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American writer Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) with her book Wise Blood in 1952.

 

 

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

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Amy Tan at arrivals for The Great American Read grand finale on PBS at Masonic Hall, New York, New York, on October 21, 2018.

 

 

Amy Tan (1952- )

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