Introduction / Margaret A. Simons -- The useless mouths (a play) / introduction by Liz Stanley and Catherine Naji -- Short articles on literature / introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- Existentialist theater / introduction by Dennis A. Gilbert -- A story I used to tell myself / introduction by Ursula Tidd -- Preface to La Bâtarde by Violette Leduc / introduction by Alison S. Fell -- What can literature do? / introduction by Laura Hengehold -- Misunderstanding in Moscow -- introduction by Terry Keefe -- My experience as a writer / introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- Short prefaces to literary works / introduction by Eleanore Holveck -- Notes for a novel / introduction by Meryl Altman.