In Listening To Silences, a group of distinguished feminist literary critics reevaluates Olsen's heritage to reassert, extend, redefine, and question her insights, and to probe the dynamics of silence and silencing as they operate today in literature, criticism, and the academy.
Elaine Hedges is Professor of English and Director of Women's Studies at Towson State University. Shelley Fisher Fishkin is Professor of American Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.