Tillie Olsen
Tillie Olsen was a working-class feminist writer whose Tell Me a Riddle is one of the finest American novellas. Her critical work Silences examined the social conditions that silence women writers.
Works
- Tell Me a RiddleStory collection about aging immigrant couple and life's losses
- Yonnondio: From the ThirtiesUnfinished novel depicting Depression-era working-class struggle
- SilencesEssay collection on women's writing and social conditions
- Mother to Daughter Daughter to MotherEssay collection about mothers and daughters across generations
- Requa INovella about a traumatized teenager learning to live after loss