The first Lippincott volume, 16, was led off by Tillie Olsen's most famous story "Tell Me a Riddle" and included Thomas Pynchon's "Low-Lands"; New World Writing 17 (1960) included John Updike's "The Sea's Green Sameness", James Purdy's "Daddy Wolf", an essay by Otto Friedrich on Ezra Pound and Louise W. King's first published story, "The Day We Were Mostly Butterflies."
Olsen first published a book in 1961, Tell Me a Riddle, a collection of four short stories, most linked by the characters in one family.
The film includes extensive interviews with Olsen and with prominent fans of her work, including writers Alice Walker and Florence Howe and feminist political leader Gloria Steinem.
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Tillie Olsen: A Heart in Action is a 2007 documentary film directed and produced by Ann Hershey on the life and literary influence of Tillie Olsen, the U.S. writer best known for the books Tell Me a Riddle (1961) and Yonnondio: From the Thirties (1974).
Mary-Kate Olsen | Jimmy Olsen | Ashley Olsen | Gregory Olsen | Olsen Gang | Olsen | Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen | William Olsen | Scott Olsen | Paul E. Olsen | Ola Dybwad-Olsen | Merlin Olsen | Jimmy Olsen (wrestler) | Gary Olsen | Tillie the Toiler | Tillie Olsen | The Olsen Gang Sees Red | Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen | Karen Olsen Beck | Jens Olsen's World Clock | Egil Olsen | Bruce L. Olsen | Tillie K. Fowler | Petter Olsen | Olsen Filipaina | Olsen and Johnson | Ole Wøhlers Olsen | Ole Tobias Olsen | Olaf C. Olsen | Morten Olsen |