Life in the iron mills / Rebecca Harding Davis -- The awakening / Kate Chopin -- Melanctha / Gertrude Stein -- Summer / Edith Wharton -- Quicksand / Nella Larsen -- Pale horse, pale rider / Katherine Anne Porter -- Tell me a riddle / Tillie Olsen -- Miss Muriel / Ann Petry -- Merle / Paule Marsha ll.