Tillie Olsen

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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1974
  • Latest Book:
    November 2025
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Books in Order: 8 titles

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  • Chasing the White Rabbit

  • Black Hand of Sangarie

  • Shadows of Old Town

  • Tell Me a Riddle, Requa I, and Other Works

    A century after her birth, Tillie Olsen’s writing is as relevant as when it first appeared; indeed, the clarity and passion of her vision and style have, if anything, become even more striking over time. Collected here for the first time are sev...

  • The Riddle of Life and Death

    These two literary classics dare to pose difficult existential questions: What is the meaning of life? Was my life of value? Why am I dying? The narrative employed in Tolstoy's novella is linear and realistically detailed. The style of Olsen's story,...

  • Silences

    A landmark survey of disenfranchised literary voices and the forces that seek to silence them -- from the influential activist and author of Tell Me a Riddle.   With this groundbreaking work, Olsen revolutionized the study of literature...

  • Tell Me a Riddle

    This collection of four stories, "I Stand Here Ironing," "Hey Sailor, what Ship?," "O Yes," and "Tell me a Riddle," had become an American classic.  Since the title novella won the O. Henry Award in 1961, the stories have been anthologized over a h...

  • Yonnondio

    Yonnondio follows the heartbreaking path of the Holbrook family in the late 1920s and the Great Depression as they move from the coal mines of Wyoming to a tenant farm in western Nebraska, ending up finally on the kill floors of the slaughterhouses a...



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Tillie Olsen has published 8 books.

Tillie Olsen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Chasing the White Rabbit, was published in November 2025.

The first book by Tillie Olsen, Yonnondio, was published in March 1974.

No. Tillie Olsen does not write books in series.
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