Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-257) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The other place -- Home-made: Sarah Orne Jewett -- Damming the stream: Willa Cather -- Building on barren ground: Ellen Glasgow -- The land that is nowhere: Katherine Anne Porter -- The oldest root sometimes blooms most: Eudora Welty -- Lead on with light: Gloria Naylor -- Conclusion: Crocuses.