Bigsby, C. W. E., ed., Modern American Drama, 1945-2000, Cambridge University Press, 2000.

This book provides comments and insights from America's best-loved modern playwrights, including Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, Edward Albee, and Arthur Miller. Plays, biographies, and essays make this an important volume for anyone wanting to understand the breadth and importance of modern drama.

Mamet, David, Three Uses for the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama, Vintage, 2000.

David Mamet, one of the foremost playwrights of the contemporary stage, offers three essays about the centrality of drama to human nature. He discusses the theory of drama and gives experienced insights into the craft of writing plays.

Nielsen, Linda, Embracing Your Father: How to Build the Relationship You Always Wanted with Your Dad, McGraw-Hill, 2004.

This how-to book provides daughters with the support, awareness, and encouragement they need to reach out to their fathers and build...