Later twentieth-century literature Norton Anthology of Literature by Women

maya angelou reciting poem on pulse of morning @ president bill clinton s inauguration



stevie smith (1902–1972)
anaïs nin (1903–1977)
dilys laing (1906–1960)
m. f. k. fisher (1908–1992)
dorothy livesay (1909–1996)
eudora welty (1909–2001)
elizabeth bishop (1911–1979)
mary lavin (1912–1989)
mary mccarthy (1912–1989)
may sarton (1912–1995)
muriel rukeyser (1913–1980)
tillie olsen (1912–2007)
ruth stone (1915–2011)
margaret walker (1915–1998)
judith wright (born 1915)
carson mccullers (1917–1967)
gwendolyn brooks (1917–2000)
muriel spark (born 1918)
doris lessing (born 1919)
may swenson (1919–1989)
gwen harwood (born 1920)
hisaye yamamoto (born 1921)
grace paley (1922–2007)
nadine gordimer (1923–2014)
denise levertov (1923–1997)
patricia beer (1919–1999)
flannery o conner (1925–1964)
carolyn kizer (1925–2014)
maxine w. kumin (born 1925)
margaret laurence (1926–1987)
anne sexton (1928–1974)
maya angelou (1928–2014)
cynthia ozick (born 1928)
ursula fanthorpe (1929–2009)
ursula k. le guin (born 1929)
paule marshall (born 1929)
adrienne rich (1929–2012)
toni morrison (born 1931)
alice munro (born 1931)
sylvia plath (1932–1963)
edna o brien (born 1932)
fleur adcock (born 1934)
kamala das (1934–2009)
audre lorde (1934–1992)
lucille clifton (1936–2010)
bessie head (1937–1986)
diane wakoski (born 1937)
caryl churchill (born 1938)
joyce carol oates (born 1938)
margaret atwood (born 1939)
angela carter (1940–1992)
maxine hong kingston (born 1940)
bobbie ann mason (born 1940)
bharati mukherjee (born 1940)
ama ata aidoo (born 1942)
gloria anzaldúa (1942–2004)
marilyn hacker (born 1942)
sharon olds (born 1942)
louise glück (born 1943)
eaven boland (born 1944)
buchi emecheta (1944–2017)
alice walker (born 1944)
annie dillard (born 1945)
linda hogan (born 1947)
leslie marmon silko (born 1948)
jamaica kincaid (born 1949)
jorie graham (born 1951)
rita dove (born 1952)
luci tapahonso (born 1953)
lorna dee cervantes (born 1954)
louise erdrich (born 1954)
cathy song (born 1955)
rebecca brown (born 1956)