< p>Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are: < ul>< li> Peter Gay < li> Annie Proulx < li> Zadie Smith < li> Jennette Winterson< /ul>