The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 2

The fourth edition brings readers new full length works, including Kate Chopin's The Awakening and Amiri Baraka's Dutchman, and new sections on the Beat Movement and Vietnam conflict writing. Lesser-known authors continue to appear alongside canonical writers. New authors in the contemporary section include Dorothy Allison, Sherman Alexie, Jack Keroouac, Frank Chin, Jessica agedorn, Mario Suarez, Richard Rodrigues, Lawson Fusao Inada, Yusef Komurnyakan, James Merrill, Kimiko Hahn, and Karen Tei Yamashita.