In the following introduction to his edition of Fisher's collected correspondence, Madigan investigates Fisher's life and literary career, and surveys the many qualities of her character and writing that are revealed in her letters.

In the following essay, Firebaugh investigates the moral component of Fisher's novel The Deepening Stream.

In the following essay, Lovering details the friendship as well as the personal and literary affinities of Fisher and Willa Cather.

In the following essay, Mann presents an overview of Fisher's work—primarily her novels—and compliments the novelist's ability to reflect life and truth accurately,

In the following essay, Overton discusses Fisher's life and her major novels, concluding that Her Son's Wife is Fisher's finest work up to that time.

In the following essay, Williams surveys Fisher's life and works of short fiction.

In the following essay, Wyckoff examines Fisher's novels and argues against the common view of her as only a popular novelist.

In the following excerpt, Phelps offers his appraisal of Fisher's early novels and summarizes the strengths and faults of her writing.

In the following excerpt, Boynton looks at Fisher's novels set in Vermont and finds Bonfire to be her finest story of the New England region.

In the following essay, Madigan considers Willa Cather's exhortation to prose writers that they simplify their style in relation to her estimate of Fisher's novels Rough-Hewn, The Deepening Stream, and Seasoned Timber.

In the following review, MacAfee favorably assesses Fisher's Vermont Tradition: The Biography of an Outlook on Life.