Faulkner, Mara Protest and Possibility in the Writing of Tillie Olsen, University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 1-34. Faulkner examines the political aspects of Olsen's work and its representation of the lives of people outside of the literary mainstream

Frye, Joanne S Tillie Olsen: A Study of the Short Fiction, Twayne, 1995, pp 3-36.

Explores Olsen's works and their connections to her life as well as the lives of her readers.

Orr, Elaine Neil Tillie Olsen and a Feminist Spiritual Vision, University Press of Mississippi, 1987, 193 p.

Examines Olsen's works within a feminist context.