Silences Author:Tillie Olsen In "Silences", Tillie Olsen's first book of nonfiction, one of our most eloquent writers of fiction confronts a pressing issue long ignored by both readers and critics: the crucial relationship between circumstances -- class, color, sex, the times and climate into which one is born -- and the creation of written literature. These essays, spannin... more »g the last two decades, explore the problem of literary "silences" in the careers of both the acknowledged great and those who ceased to write...« less