Brasell, R. Bruce. "Dining at the Table of the Sensitives: Carson McCullers's Peculiarity," in Southern Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 4, Summer 1997, pp. 59-66.

Discusses the treatment of lesbianism in McCullers's work.

Clark, Beverly Lyon and Melvin Friedman, eds. Critical Essays on Carson McCullers, New York: Hall, 1996.

Collection of critical essays discussing various aspects of McCullers's work.

Kissell, Susan S. "Carson McCullers's 'Wunderkind': A Case Study in Female Adolescence," in Kentucky Philological Review, No. 6, 1991, pp. 15-20.

Analyzes McCullers's depiction of Frances in particular and female adolescence in general