The body and the corporation: Norris, Chambers
Double consciousness: Johnson, Chesnutt, Du Bois, Washington
Pioneering women: Austin, Eaton, Stein, Eliot, Williams, Cather
Performing maleness: Hemingway
Colored me: Toomer, Hurston
The rumor of race: Faulkner
The depression: Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Yesierska, Di Donato, Himes, Farrell, Steinbeck
The second World War: Mori, Vonnegut, Pynchon, Silko, Hersey
Civil rights: Wright, Gaines, Baldwin, Walker, King, Clark
Love and separateness: Welty, Petry, Douglas, Mary Mccarthy, Friedan, Steinbeck
Revolt and reaction: Mailer, Didion
The postmodern: Shepard, Beattie, Carver, Delillo, Gaddis
Studying war: Cormac Mccarthy, Herr
Slavery and memory: Morrison
Pa not pa: Kingston, Walker, Ellison, Lee, Rodriguez
After innocence: Roth.