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Inventory of the Alix Kates Shulman Papers, 1892-2000 (bulk 1968-2000)

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Descriptive Summary

Title
Alix Kates Shulman Papers, 1892-2000 (bulk 1968-2000)
Creator
Shulman, Alix Kates
Extent
24.5 Linear Feet
12,700 Items
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions
Collection is restricted.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alix Kates Shulman Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Alix Kates Shulman Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a purchase and gift in 1998 and 2000.
Processing Information
Processed by Kathryn Fenn
Completed 2000
Encoded by Joshua Kaiser; Ruth E. Bryan
Revised by Lindsay Matson, 2009 May
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note

Alix Kates Shulman (given name Alix Audrey Kates) was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932 to Dorothy Davis Kates and Samuel Kates. Raised in suburban Cleveland Heights, she graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 1953 with a degree in English and History. She moved to New York City after college and began graduate studies at Columbia University where she met and married fellow graduate student Marcus Klein in 1954. After marriage she began a series of research, editorial and writing jobs. She and Klein were divorced in 1958, and she then married Martin Shulman in 1959. She gave birth to her son Ted in 1961 and to her daughter Polly in 1963.

Shulman became involved in the early women's liberation movement groups in New York City in the late 1960s. She participated in the famed Miss America Pageant Protest in Atlantic City in 1968, was an early member of the groups "Redstockings" and "WITCH" in 1969, and joined the "New York Radical Women" in 1970. At approximately the same time she became active in the women's liberation movement, Shulman began her literary career, publishing articles in both feminist and mainstream periodicals, and publishing a number of children's books and non-fiction books about Emma Goldman. She and Martin Shulman drafted a "Marriage Agreement" which was published in the feminist journal Up From Under in 1970. The "Agreement" was re-printed with accompanying articles in Redbook (in 1971) and then in Life (1972). Due to these re-printings, the "Agreement" received much press and raised much controversy. It was attacked by, among others, Norman Mailer and Russell Baker. Also in 1972, Shulman published her first major (and semi-autobiographical) novel, Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen.Memoirs became a national best seller, raised much debate about the growing feminist movement and the situation of women in U.S. society, and launched Shulman's writing career on a national level.

Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Shulman continued to work as a feminist activist, to write essays and short stories for a wide variety of journals and newspapers, to teach and present speeches and conference papers, and to publish novels and memoirs. She divorced Martin Shulman in 1985 and married former Cleveland Heights High School classmate Scott York in 1989. Her two most recently published books are Drinking the Rain (1995), an account of her solitary, non-technological life on a Maine island, and A Good Enough Daughter (1999), a memoir focusing on her relationships with her late parents. She received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Case Western Reserve University in 2001.

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Collection Overview

The materials in the Alix Kates Shulman Papers span the dates 1892 to 2000, with the bulk of materials dating from 1968 to 2000. These materials include: manuscripts, notes, clippings, published books, correspondence, photographs, audio and videotapes, microfilm, address and date books, family and business records. The primary focus of the collection is Shulman's writing and literary career. The secondary focus is the women's liberation and feminist movements, in which Shulman was and continues to be very active (from 1968 to the present). However, feminism and feminist activism are inextricably intertwined with Shulman's writing career, and her 1972 novel Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen is regarded by many as the first novel to "come out of" the women's liberation movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Other topics covered by the collection include: her teaching and other academic work; her public speaking and conference activities; and her involvement in political activities besides feminism. This collection sheds valuable light on the concerns and tensions within the women's liberation and second-wave feminist movements. In particular, the materials document debates and disagreements among those active in the movement with regard to sexuality, marriage and domestic relations, women's financial situation and careers, health care, civil rights and cultural expression. Many of these issues are raised in Shulman's own work, including her novels, essays, short fiction, personal letters and her teaching materials.
The collection is divided into seven series. The Personal Papers Series contains Shulman's family history papers, photographs, biographical papers, and her personal correspondence (with writers, academics, political activists and family members). Notable correspondents include Ros Baxandall, Jay Bolotin, Kay Boyle, Rita Mae Brown, Phyllis Chesler, Judy Chicago, Andrea Dworkin, Candace Falk, Marilyn French, Lori Ginzberg, Hannah Green, Erica Jong, Kate Millett, Honor Moore, Robin Morgan, Tillie Olson, Lillian Rubin, Sue Standing, and Meredith Tax. The Political Work Series contains material relating to Shulman's involvement with feminist and other liberal political groups, including Redstockings, New York Radical Women, the PEN Women's Committee, No More Nice Girls, the Women's Action Coalition, and Women Against Government Surveillance
The Literary Work Series contains a variety of materials relating to Shulman's literary career, including financial and other dealings with publishing houses, notes and research, photocopies of publications, reviews of her work, articles and notes she collected regarding the literary scene, and original manuscripts. This series contains information about her early children's books; several books she edited of Emma Goldman's writings; her essays and short fiction; her novels Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen (1972), Burning Questions (1975), On the Stroll (1977), In Every Woman's Life . . . (1980); and her memoirs Drinking the Rain (1995) and A Good Enough Daughter (1999). A small amount of correspondence regarding book reviews of other authors' work is also included.
The Academic Work Series contains materials relating to Shulman's graduate work at NYU; her teaching at Yale, the University of Colorado at Boulder, NYU, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa; as well as her relationships with her students. The Public Speaking Series contains materials relating to Shulman's participation in literary and political conferences and gatherings, personal interviews, lectures and book talks.
Portions of the Restricted Materials Series either may not be photocopied without prior permission of Ms. Shulman or the relevant author, or may not be accessed until a future date. The same organizational categories have been applied to the restricted materials as were used in the unrestricted materials to help researchers easily access overlapping and related materials that have been boxed separately due to the restrictions. The Oversize Materials Series contains miscellaneous oversize materials of a biographical and literary nature.
Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Subject Headings

These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
List of Series in Collection
Personal Papers Series, 1892-2000
Political Work Series, 1967-2000
Literary Work Series, 1951-2000
Academic Work Series, 1979-1998
Public Speaking Series, 1972-2000
Restricted Series
Oversize Materials Series, 1949-1996
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Detailed Description of Collection

Box PP1-PP3

Personal Papers Series, 1892-2000

The Personal Papers Series, 1892-2000, is comprised of three subseries. The Family History Subseries contains correspondence, financial papers, articles, and other documents concerning Shulmans parents' families--the Kates and the Davis families. Some of this material concerns her Jewish ancestry, her parent's professional and political activities (her father was a lawyer and her mother a writer), financial papers, photos, diaries and other materials relating to her family's extensive travels. Materials in the Biographical Subseries relate to Shulman's own personal history, including journals and datebooks, newspaper clippings, notes and correspondence with family, friends, and professional acquaintances. The Correspondence Subseries contains letters on a wide variety of topics, including Shulman's friends and family relations, her writing career, her political work, and other social and cultural activities. Material in the Family History Subseries and the Biographical Subseries is arranged alphabetically by the folder titles assigned by Shulman with miscellaneous material appearing at the end of the subseries. Material in the Correspondence Subseries is arranged chronologically.

Family History Subseries
Box PP1
Art and antiques
Davis documents
Dorothy Kates archives agreement
Dorothy Kates early work
Dorothy Kates datebooks   (2 folders)
Dorothy Kates political and club work
Dorothy Kates radio scripts
Dorothy Kates travel papers   (2 folders)
Dorothy Kates writings
Genealogical materials
Insurance appraisals
Kates family travel papers   (3 folders)
Louis Katz letters
Photographs
Samuel and Dorothy Kates documents
Samuel Kates biographical papers
Box PP2
Samuel Kates personal papers   (2 folders)
Samuel Kates legal decisions   (2 folders)

Biographical Subseries
Box PP2
Awards and diploma, 1953; 1992; 1996
Biographical documents
Budapest video
[use copy must be made]
Datebooks, 1967-1976
Passports, 1956-1986
Photographs   (2 folders)
Resumes and career histories

Correspondence Subseries
Box PP2
1940s-1960s
1970s   (4 folders)
Postcards, 1970s-1990s   (folder 1 of 2)
Box PP3
Postcards, 1970s-1990s   (folder 2 of 2)
1980-1997   (12 folders)
Box PW1/LW1

Political Work Series, 1967-2000

The Political Work Series, 1967-2000, contains information about the activities of a variety of political groups with which Shulman was active throughout her career. These groups included anti-war groups, women's liberation and feminist groups (including Redstockings), the PEN Women's Committee, No More Nice Girls, the Women's Action Coalition, Women Against Government Surveillance, and other miscellaneous groups. There are also materials relating to a trip she took to China for the purpose of political and academic research, and a copy of her FBI file and correspondence relating to her retrieval of that file during the late 1970s under the Freedom of Information Act. One of the more interesting and valuable parts of this series is the set of original documents from the women's liberation and feminist movement, which include fliers, manifestos, articles and journals, such as a flier from the 1968 Miss America demonstration and the Redstockings' list of legislative reforms presented to the New York state legislature. Folders are arranged alphabetically.
Box PW1/LW1
Anti-war, 1967 -1992
China trip, 1975 -1981   (2 folders)
FBI file, 1969-1980
Feminist documents, undated (2 folders)
Feminist periodicals, 1971-1983 (2 folders)
Miscellany, 1974-1996
No More Nice Girls, Saudi protest, 1990
Original documents from women's liberation/feminist groups, 1968-1998
PEN Women's Committee, 1974-1997   (3 folders)
Political journals and newspapers, 1970-1983
Women's Action Coalition, 1992
Women Against Pornography, 1977-1985   (2 folders)
Women's liberation/feminism, 1968-2000   (3 folders)
Box LW2-LW7

Literary Work Series, 1951-2000

The Literary Work Series, 1951-2000, contains a wide variety of materials relating to Shulman's published and unpublished writings. The Business Subseries contains materials pertaining to her early work as a research and editorial assistant for a variety of academics and writers; papers regarding Shulman's relations with various publishing houses; and brief published quotes by and about Shulman and letters she wrote to editors. Included are a bound copy of reviews of her novels and Shulman's comments on the work of other authors ( "book blurbs," and correspondence with a variety of authors, intellectuals and political activists, e.g., Margaret Atwood, Marge Piercy, Andrea Dworkin, and Stephen Jay Gould). The Special Projects Subseries comprises a collection of articles about feminist and "women's" literature and other notes on the literary scene; and notes and correspondence relating to a variety of special projects. The Essays Subseries, the Poetry Subseries, the Short Fiction Subseries, and the Books Subseries include notes, correspondence, research and manuscripts of her published and unpublished work. Folders are arranged alphabetically by title within each subseries with miscellany appearing at the end of the subseries.

Business Subseries
Box LW1
Author photos, 1972-1997
Bound copies of reviews, 1970-1979
Comments on other authors, 1972-1982
Box LW2
Editorial work, 1958-1965
Mentions, 1974-1980
Publishing business, 1968-1999   (3 folders)

Special Projects Subseries
Box LW2
Articles on feminist literature, 1970-1993
Feminist Press 25th Anniversary, 1994
Hobos, 1973-1993
Life Magazine, Feb. 19, 1971
[See also Oversize Box 1]
Lillith, 1970
MacDowell Colony, 1976-1979
Pre-feminist publications, 1951- 1967
Miscellaneous notes, 1967-1970

Essays Subseries
Box LW2
"Beat Women," 1972-1993   (2 folders)
Book review, Millett's Flyingc. 1975
Book review, Truitt's Prospect, 1996
"A Failed Divorce," 1994-1996
"The Happiness Question," 1983
Journal copies of essays, 1974-1999   (3 folders)
"The Life Swap," 1973-1974
"Living Her Life," 1983
"A Marriage Agreement," 1970-1988   (folders 1-2 of 3)
Box LW3
"A Marriage Agreement," 1970-1988   (folder 3 of 3)
"Organs and Orgasms," 1970-1978
"The Other Half," 1990-1991
"Paradox of Memory," 1998
"The Taint," 1991
"The War in the Back Seat," 1972
Miscellaneous anthologies, 1984-1996
Miscellaneous essays: photocopies, 1970-2000   (2 folders)
Miscellaneous manuscripts, undated

Poetry Subseries
Box LW3
"Aging Ann Changes her Mind," Manuscript, c. 1974

Short Fiction Subseries
Box LW3
"Baby on the Beach," 1987-1989
"The Boarder," 1978-1981
"Champagne," 1983
"Dead Bird (A Real Occasion)," 1967
Journal copies of miscellaneous short fiction, 1979-1993   (2 folders)
"Ministorage / Market Conditions," 1991- 1992
"Sluts Against Rape," 1992
"The Surrogate," 1991-1994
Miscellaneous short fiction, photocopies, 1970-1995

Books Subseries
Box LW3
Burning Questions, 1975-1990   (folders 1-3 of 7)
Box LW4
Burning Questions, 1975-1990   (folders 4-7 of 7)
Children's books, 1968-1971   (2 folders)
Drinking the Rain, 1995-1998   (3 folders)
Emma Goldman books, 1969-1984   (3 folders)
Emma Goldman research files, undated   (3 folders)
Box LW5
A Good Enough Daughter, 1999-2000   (6 folders)
In Every Woman's Life, 1986-1991   (4 folders)
In Every Woman's Life, page proofs   (4 folders)
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, 1972-1998   (folder 1 of 9)
Box LW6
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, 1972-1998   (folders 2-9 of 9)
On the Stroll, 1977-1984   (folders 1-8 of 11)
Box LW7
On the Stroll, 1977-1984   (folders 9-11 of 11)
Shopping Bag Ladies (Preface), 1980 -1982   (2 folders)
Box AW/PS 1

Academic Work Series, 1979-1998

The Academic Work Series, 1979-1998, contains a variety of materials relating to Shulman's teaching and other activities in an academic context. This includes her master's thesis in creative writing at NYU from 1979. Entitled "Tricks," this manuscript was a first draft of part of what would later become her novel On the Stroll. There are papers relating to her teaching positions at NYU, Yale, University of Colorado at Boulder, and University of Hawaii at Manoa, including applications, fliers and articles about her activities at these institutions, notes and papers relating to the classes she taught, and correspondence with and relating to her students. Material is arranged alphabetically by the folder titles used by Shulman with Miscellaneous Teaching Material appearing at the end of the series.
Box AW/PS1
China teaching application, 1980-1998
Letters of recommendation by AKS, 1979-1984
NYU master's thesis, 1979
NYU teaching, 1983-1984
Student letters, 1979-1994   (2 folders)
University of Colorado teaching, 1984-1988
University of Hawaii teaching, 1990-1994
Yale teaching, 1979-1996
Miscellaneous teaching material, 1982-1997
Box AW/PS1

Public Speaking Series, 1972-2000

The Public Speaking Series, 1972-2000, is divided into the Interviews and Speeches subseries. The Interview subseries includes transcripts of interviews, interviews published in magazines and audiotaped interviews. The Speeches subseries contains correspondence, fliers, manuscripts, and other materials relating to Shulman's public speaking engagements. These include book signings, academic and literary conferences, feminist conferences and lectures, and audiotapes of Shulman speaking at conferences and seminars. Materials are arranged alphabetically within each subseries with miscellany appearing at the end of the series.

Interviews Subseries
Box AW/PS1
Best transcript, 1981
Effe interview (Italian), 1982
MSU teaching project, 1981
NJ television show, 1998
Radio shows, 1995-1999
Rolling Stock interview, 1985
Sun interview, 1998
Tomboy transcript, 1977
Viva symposium on masochism, 1975
Miscellaneous interviews, 1972-1997

Speeches Subseries
Box AW/PS1
"20 Years of Women's Fiction," UC-Santa Barbara, 1990
Audiotape recordings, 1975-2000
Bag Ladies speech, 1981
Beats conference, 1994
Bellagio reading, c. 1998
"Between the Sexes," Case Western Reserve, 1983
NYU 20th Century seminar, 1998
"Sexual Politics 20 Years Later," Berkshire conference, 1990
Simone de Beauvoir Conference, NYU, 1979
Talk on AGED,1999
Miscellaneous speeches, 1972 -2000   (4 folders)
Box RM1-RM9

Restricted Series

The Restricted Series contains three categories of restricted materials:
1. Materials which cannot be photocopied nor electronically scanned without the permission of Alix Kates Shulman or the author of the material.
2. Materials which cannot be read without the permission of Alix Kates Shulman.
3. Materials which cannot be opened until 2023, the death of Alix Kates Shulman, or the death of the author, whichever comes last.
Each of these restrictions comprises its own subseries. Additionally, the attempt has been made to recreate as closely as possible the same organization within these restricted subseries as was used in the unrestricted materials, so to facilitate researchers' use of overlapping and related materials--especially those under Restriction 1. Thus, each series contains sub-subseries such as "Personal Papers," "Political Work," "Literary Work," "Academic Work," and "Public Speaking." Folders are arranged alphabetically by the title Shulman assigned within each subseries.

Restricted Materials Category 1
Restriction 1: Material in boxes RM1-RM7 cannot be photocopied nor electronically scanned without the permission of Alix Kates Shulman or the author of the material.
Box RM1

Personal Papers Series

Correspondence Subseries
Bendix, Sonja
Flannagan, Pat
Koltov, Barbara
Koppelman, Susan   (5 folders)
Metcalf, Linda
Snitow, Ann

Political Work Series
Children's literature project, 1967-1972   (2 folders)
SAGARIS Institute, 1969-1975

Literary Work Series

Essays Subseries
"Emma Goldman- feminist theorists," 1982-1983
"On Wearing a Feminist Button," [ca. 1971]
"Playing Doctor," 1973-1975
"Pre-feminist college themes," 1950
"Resurrecting Voltairine de Cleyre," 1970
"Taking Liberties," 1991
"Miscellaneous essays," undated

Poetry Subseries
"Hair," undated

Short Fiction Subseries
"Afterbirth (The Colony)," undated
[use copy and original manuscript]
"The Opening," 1984
"Opportunity," undated
"Traces," 1970
Miscellaneous   (2 folders)
Box RM2

Books Subseries
Awake or Asleep, (original manuscript) [ca. 1969]
Awake or Asleep, (use copy of manuscript) [ca. 1969]
Bosley on the Number Line, [ca. 1970]   (6 folders)
Burning Questions, manuscript   (4 folders)
Burning Questions, speeches/promotions
Cleveland Book   (3 folders)
Box RM3
Drinking the Rain, manuscript and notes   (folders 1-18 of 23)
Box RM4
Drinking the Rain, manuscript and notes   (folders 19-23 of 23)
Emma Goldman, [ca. 1970]   (folders 1-11 of 13)
Box RM5
Emma Goldman, [ca. 1970]   (folders 12-13 of 13)
Finders Keepers, [ca. 1970]
In Every Woman's Life, manuscript and notes   (folders 1-13 of 14)
Box RM6
In Every Woman's Life, manuscript   (folder 14 of 14)
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, manuscript, notes, research, and screenplay   (folders 1-16 of 18)
Box RM7
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, manuscript, notes, research, and screenplay   (folders 17-18 of 18)
On the Stroll, manuscript   (4 folders)

Academic Work Series
Grant application materials, 1974-1985

Public Speaking Series
Speeches
Emma Goldman speech, 1981

Restricted Materials Category 2
Restriction 2: The Address Book and the Royalty Statements and Bank Contracts in box RM8 cannot be read without the permission of Alix Kates Shulman.
Box RM8

Personal Papers Series
Biographical
Address book

Literary Work Series
Royalty statements and bank contracts   (2 folders)

Restricted Materials Category 3
Restriction 3: The Correspondence in Box RM9 cannot be read until Alix Kates Shulman's death.
Box RM9

Closed correspondence
Oversize Box  1

Oversize Materials Series, 1949-1996

The Oversize Materials Series, 1949-1995 and undated, contains miscellaneous materials, including a photograph of Shulman and others in her sorority at Cleveland Heights High School and large magazines featuring Shulman. Materials within each series are arranged alphabetically.

Political Work Series, 1967-2000
Oversize Box   1
China Pictorial magazine, 1975
China Reconstructs magazine, June 1977

Personal Papers Series, 1892-2000
Oversize Box   1
Calendars, 1985, 1988
"Finders Keepers," undated
Sorority photograph 1949
[See paper inventory for sorority's Greek letters.]

Public Speaking Series, 1972-2000
Oversize Box   1
Life magazine, April 28, 1972
The New York Times, The Living Section, May 31, 1995
The New York Times Magazine, April 15, 1990
Voice Literary Supplement, October, 1993
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Published books in the Alix Kates Shulman Papers

Bosley on the Number Line, New York: David McKay Co., 1970(Cloth)

Awake or Asleep, Reading, MA: Young Scott Books, 1971(Cloth)

The Traffic in Women and other Essays on Feminism, New York: Times Change Press, 1970(Paper)

To the Barricades: The Anarchist Life of Emma Goldman, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1971(Cloth)

Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches, New York: Random House, 1972(Cloth)

Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches, New York: Vintage, 1972(Paper)

Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader, New York: Schocken, 1983(Paper)

Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader, Third Edition, NJ: Humanities Press Intl., 1996(Paper)

Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar, New York: Knopf, 1975(Cloth)

(AKS wrote Foreword)

Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar, Boston: Allen and Unwin, 1987(Paper)

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, New York: Knopf, 1972(Cloth) (First American Edition)

Inscribed by AKS

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, (Cloth) (Hebrew Edition)

Inscribed by AKS

Brady, Sheila,Memoirs of an Ex-Porno Queen, New York: Pocket, 1975(Paper)

[Included in Collection by AKS.]

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, New York: Bantam, 1973(Paper)

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom-Queen, London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973(Cloth) (British Edition)

Herinneringen van een mooi meisje (Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen), Amsterdam: Van Gennep, 1974(Paper) (British Edition)

Regina di bellezza (Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen), Bompiani, 1976(Paper) (Italian Edition)

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, New York: Bantam, 1977(Paper)

Uspomene Bivse Ljepotige (Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen), Zagreb: August Cesarec, 1979(Cloth) (Yugoslav Edition)

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, Chicago: Cassandra Editions, 1990(Paper)

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, New York: Penguin, 1997(Paper)

Burning Questions, New York: Knopf, 1978(Cloth) (First American Edition)

Inscribed by AKS

Burning Questions, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1990(Paper) (Bound, uncorrected proof)

Burning Questions, New York: Bantam, 1979(Paper)

Dwingende vragen (Burning Questions), Amsterdam: Van Gennep, 1979(Paper) (Dutch Edition)

Burning Questions: A Novel, London: Andre Deustch, 1979(Cloth) (Abridged British Edition)

Burning Questions, New York: Bantam, 1980(Paper)

Questiones Candentes (Burning Questions), Barcelona: Circulo de Lectores, 1980(Cloth) (Spanish Edition)

Burning Questions, Fontana, 1980(Paper) (British Edition)

Der Tunnel nach China (Burning Questions), Munich: Kiepnheuer and Witsch, 1980(Cloth) (German Edition)

Burning Questions, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1990(Paper)

Shopping Bag Ladies, New York: The Pilgrim Press, 1981(Cloth)

(AKS wrote Foreword)

Shopping Bag Ladies, New York: The Pilgrim Press, 1981(Paper)

(AKS wrote Foreword)

On the Stroll, New York: Knopf, 1981(Cloth) (First American Edition)

Inscribed by AKS

De Baan Op (On the Stroll), Amsterdam: Vitgeverij Bert Baaker, 1982(Paper) (Dutch Edition)

På Træk (On the Stroll), Copenhagen: Hekla, 1983(Paper) (Danish Edition)

Sv'a'ngen (On the Stroll), Stockholm: Trevi, 1983(Cloth) (Swedish Edition)

On the Stroll, London: Virago, 1983(Cloth) (British Edition)

New York Terminal (On the Stroll), Paris: Editions Sylvie Messinger, 1984(Paper) (French Edition)

On the Stroll, Chicago: Cassandra Editions, 1987(Paper)

In Every Woman's Life...., New York: Knopf, 1987(Cloth)(First American Edition)

Inscribed by AKS

In Every Woman's Life...., New York: Ballantine, 1988(Paper)

I Enhver Kvindes Liv.... (In Every Woman's Life....), Copenhagen: Hekla, 1988(Paper) (Danish Edition)

Drinking the Rain, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1995(Cloth) (First American Edition)

Inscribed by AKS

Drinking the Rain, London: Bloomsbury, 1995(Cloth) (British Edition)

Drinking the Rain, New York: Penguin, 1996(Paper)

Zeebanket (Drinking the Rain), Amsterdam: Arena, 1996(Cloth) (Dutch Edition)

Drinking the Rain, Tuttle-Mori/Penguin, 1996(Cloth) (Japanese edition)

[jacket surrounded by a thin paper band printed with Japanese]

A Good Enough Daughter, New York: Schocken Books, 1999(Paper)