""The Useless Mouths" and Other Literary Writings"

Foreword to the Beauvoir Series / Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir Acknowledgments; Introduction / Margaret A. Simons 1. The Useless Mouths (A Play) / Introduction by Liz Stanley and Catherine Naji; 2. Short Articles on Literature / Introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize; 3. Existentialist Theater / Introduction by Dennis A. Gilbert; 4. A Story I Used to Tell Myself / Introduction by Ursula Tidd; 5. A Preface to La Batarde by Violette Leduc / Introduction Alison S. Fell; 6. What Can Literature Do? / Introduction by Laura Hengehold; 7. Misunderstanding in Moscow / Introduction by Terry Keefe; 8. My Experience as a Writer / Introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize; 9. Short Prefaces to Literary Works / Introduction by Eleanore Holveck; 10. Notes for a Novel / Introduction by Meryl Altman Contributors

''This collection of previously untranslated pieces by Simone de Beauvoir makes available for the first time in English a variety of literary writings that are also of philosophical interest. As with previous volumes in the Beauvoir Series, ''The Useless Mouths'' and Other Literary Writings breaks new ground, and it will become indispensible to Beauvoir scholars.''--Claudia Card, author of Confronting Evils: Terrorism, Torture, Genocide''This collection of Beauvoir's literary works not only presents us with further evidence of the importance of Beauvoir's existentialist literary style but also gives new insight into her thinking about aesthetics, existentialism, intersubjectivity, aging, and her relationship with Sartre. In addition, here we see some of her most incisive engagements with her critics and critics of existentialism more generally.''--Kelly Oliver, author of Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human