Contents xiv
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911-1983) 1431
The Glass Menagerie 1434
ARTHUR MILLER (1915- ) 1479
Death of a Salesman 1482
LORRAINE HANSBERRY (1930-1965) 1546
A Raisin in the Sun 1548
GWENDOLYN BROOKS (1917-2000) 1606
Kitchenette Building 1607
The Mother 1607
Sadie and Maud 1608
Thc Children of the Poor 1609
We Real Cool 1610
The Lovers of the Poor 1610
The Blackstone Rangers 1612
THEODORE ROETHKE (1908-1963) 1614
Dolor 1615
Open House 1616
Cuttings 1616
Cuttings (Later) 1617
Root Cellar 1617
My Papa's Waltz 1618
The Lost Son 1618
I Knew a Woman 1622
In a Dark Time 1623
RANOALL JARRELL (1914-1965) 1624
Losses 1625
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner 1626
A Girl in a Library 1626
In Montecito 1629