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Tillie Olsen

Tillie Olsen

AmericanJanuary 14, 1912 – January 1, 2007Working-Class Fiction

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→

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