Folks, Jeffrey J., and James A. Perkins, eds. Southern Writers at Century's End, Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1997.

Offers essays on twenty-one Southern writers, includ ing Mason, Anne Tyler, Alice Walker, and Lee Smith. The lucid introduction speaks to the fresh and new in Southern literature, as well as to "a continuing tradi tion of narrative that draws on the South's cultural and human complexity."

Reisman, Rosemary M. and Christopher J. Canfield. Con temporary Southern Women Fiction Writers: An Annotated Bibliography, Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.

A valuable resource for any student who wants to find additional critical sources on not only Bobbie Ann Mason, but on a host of other writers as well. The annotations are both thorough and helpful.

Wilhelm, Albert. Bobbie Ann Mason: A Study of the Short Fiction, New York: Twayne, 1998.

Written by the leading scholar of Mason's work, the book offers...