"Harriette Simpson Arnow is an American treasure. Of the twenty-five stories in this collection, fifteen were previously unpublished. Until now, the short fiction of Arnow has remained relatively obscure despite the literary acclaim given to her novels "The Dollmaker" and "Hunter s Horn." These stories, written early in her career for the most part, reveal an artistic vision and narrative skill and serve as harbingers for her later work. ..."
Harriette Simpson Arnow Critical Essays on Her Work by HaejaK. Chung Hardcover, 301 Pages, Published 1995 by Michigan State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87013-381-7, ISBN: 0-87013-381-0
"At her death in 1986, Harriette Simpson Arnow left a modest collection of published work: ten short stories, five novels, two non-fiction books, a short autobiography, and nineteen essays and book reviews. Although the sum is small, her writing has been examined from regionalist, Marxist, feminist, and other critical perspectives. The 1970s saw the first serious attempts to revive interest in Arnow. In 1971, Tillie Olsen identifie ..."
"The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation’s Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on thirty-five pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary jour ..."