- Warren Adler
- (short stories) (1 episode, 1991)
- Robert Anderson
- (play) (1 episode, 1988)
- Jane Austen
- (novel) (1 episode, 1990)
- Yves Baignères
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1993)
- Robert E. Bailey
- (1 episode, 1983)
- Jon Robin Baitz
- (1 episode, 1991)
- Doris Baizley
- (2 episodes, 1981-1989)
- Doris Baizley
- (writer) (1 episode, 1989)
- Michael Baker
- (writer) (1 episode, 1983)
- Ralph Bakshi
- (1 episode, 1989)
- James Baldwin
- (novel) (1 episode, 1985)
- Nancy Barr
- (written by) (1 episode, 1992)
- Fred Barron
- (written by) (1 episode, 1985)
- Ann Beattie
- (1 episode, 1982)
- Stephen Vincent Benet
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Anthony Berkeley
- (based on the play) (1 episode, 1987)
- Anthony Berkeley
- (novel) (1 episode, 1987)
- David Birney
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1989)
- Ray Bradbury
- (based on the story by) (1 episode, 1982)
- Harold Brodkey
- (based on the short story by: "First Love and Other Sorrows") (1 episode, 1989)
- Robert Browning
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Tom Bywaters
- (1 episode, 1993)
- Hortense Calisher
- (short story) (1 episode, 1991)
- Leon Capetanos
- (1 episode, 1982)
- Truman Capote
- (writings) (1 episode, 1992)
- Lewis Carroll
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Willa Cather
- (novel) (1 episode, 1991)
- Kenneth Cavander
- (screenplay) (3 episodes, 1983)
- John Cheever
- (by) (1 episode, 1982)
- Cynthia A. Cherbak
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1988)
- Kate Chopin
- (Short Story, The Story of an Hour) (1 episode, 1985)
- Darrah Cloud
- (1 episode, 1991)
- Tom Cole
- (play) (1 episode, 1982)
- Laurie Colwin
- (novel) (1 episode, 1989)
- Ilene Cooper
- (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1984)
- Ossie Davis
- (1 episode, 1983)
- Ruby Dee
- (based on the stage play by) (1 episode, 1990)
- Henry Denker
- (play) (1 episode, 1986)
- Michael Dinner
- (1 episode, 1983)
- Lawrence DuKore
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1987)
- Nancy Dyer
- (1 episode, 1985)
- Richard Eberhardt
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Gus Edwards
- (1 episode, 1985)
- T.S. Eliot
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Robert Enders
- (3 episodes, 1988)
- Robert Enders
- (adapted by) (1 episode, 1988)
- Myrlie Evers-Williams
- (book) (1 episode, 1983)
- Huck Fairman
- (1 episode, 1981)
- Nina Faso
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1982)
- Michael Fields
- (adapted for the screen by) (1 episode, 1985)
- June Finfer
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1982)
- David Fishelson
- (writer) (1 episode, 1983)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- (based on the short story by: "Myra Meets His Family") (1 episode, 1984)
- Horton Foote
- (2 episodes, 1983-1987)
- Mary Eleanor Freeman
- (based on a short story by) (1 episode, 1988)
- Mary Eleanor Freeman
- (story) (1 episode, 1987)
- Randall Fried
- (story development) (1 episode, 1984)
- Ron Friedman
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1987)
- Frank Galati
- (adapted by) (1 episode, 1991)
- Guy Gallo
- (1 episode, 1986)
- Bruce Gelfand
- (1 episode, 1987)
- Michael Genet
- (writer) (1 episode, 1993)
- Dick Goldberg
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1983)
- Dick Goldberg
- (play) (1 episode, 1983)
- Dick Goldberg
- (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1989)
- Richard Greenberg
- (2 episodes, 1989)
- Richard Greenberg
- (based on his play) (1 episode, 1989)
- Richard Greenberg
- (written by) (1 episode, 1989)
- John Guare
- (play) (1 episode, 1987)
- John Guare
- (screenplay) (1 episode, 1987)
- Jennifer Hadley
- (written by) (1 episode, 1990)
- Michael Hadley
- (written by) (1 episode, 1990)
- Lorraine Hansberry
- (play) (1 episode, 1989)
- John Hanson
- (1 episode, 1982)
- Dina Harris
- (1 episode, 1986)
- Joan Harrison
- (1 episode, 1987)
- Jan Hartman
- (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1988)
- O. Henry
- (based on a short story by) (1 episode, 1986)
- Anthony Herrera
- (1 episode, 1987)
- Dorothy Heyward
- (based on the play by) (1 episode, 1993)
- DuBose Heyward
- (based on the play by) (1 episode, 1993)
- DuBose Heyward
- (libretto) (1 episode, 1993)
- Tina Howe
- (play) (1 episode, 1986)
- Zora Neale Hurston
- (based on work by) (1 episode, 1990)
- Corinne Jacker
- (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1984)
- Shirley Jackson
- (based on the story by) (1 episode, 1982)
- Henry James
- (story) (1 episode, 1985)
- Owen Johnson
- (adapted by: novel "The Lawrenceville Stories") (1 episode, 1987)
- Jan Jaffe Kahn
- (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1987)
- Lee Kalcheim
- (play) (1 episode, 1985)
- Richard Kiley
- (narration) (1 episode, 1983)
- Ernest Kinoy
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1984)
- Rudyard Kipling
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- George Kirgo
- (1 episode, 1982)
- Arthur Kopit
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1983)
- Arthur Kopit
- (play) (1 episode, 1983)
- Tony Kushner
- (play) (1 episode, 1993)
- Paul Lally
- (1 episode, 1986)
- James Lapine
- (book) (2 episodes, 1986-1991)
- Leslie Lee
- (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
- Leslie Lee
- (writer) (1 episode, 1984)
- Barry Levinson
- (1 episode, 1987)
- Genny Lim
- (1 episode, 1985)
- Craig Lucas
- (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
- Jonathan Lynn
- (1 episode, 1987)
- Edgar Lee Masters
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- James K. McCarthy
- (1 episode, 1986)
- Grace McKeaney
- (story development) (1 episode, 1984)
- Terrence McNally
- (play) (1 episode, 1990)
- Terrence McNally
- (screenplay) (1 episode, 1990)
- B.J. Merholz
- (1 episode, 1982)
- Arthur Miller
- (play) (1 episode, 1987)
- Nancy Miller
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1984)
- Neal Miller
- (teleplay) (2 episodes, 1982-1984)
- Neal Miller
- (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1984)
- Neal Miller
- (written by) (1 episode, 1982)
- Ron Milner
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1984)
- Michel Monteaux
- (writer) (1 episode, 1991)
- Wesley Moore
- (adapted for television by) (1 episode, 1986)
- Aldyth Morris
- (1 episode, 1986)
- Harry Morgan Moses
- (1 episode, 1988)
- Marva Nabili
- (1 episode, 1984)
- Richard Nelson
- (writer) (1 episode, 1990)
- Jay Neugeboren
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1991)
- Rob Nilsson
- (1 episode, 1982)
- Louis Nizer
- (book) (1 episode, 1986)
- John Ford Noonan
- (play) (1 episode, 1985)
- Solomon Northup
- (book) (1 episode, 1984)
- Trevor Nunn
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1993)
- Eugene O'Neill
- (play) (4 episodes, 1984-1988)
- Clifford Odets
- (play) (2 episodes, 1986-1988)
- Emiko Omori
- (writer) (1 episode, 1991)
- Américo Paredes
- (based on the book "With His Pistol in His Hand" by) (1 episode, 1982)
- Américo Paredes
- (book) (1 episode, 1982)
- Peter Parnell
- (play) (1 episode, 1986)
- Peter Parnell
- (screenplay) (1 episode, 1986)
- William Peters
- (book) (1 episode, 1983)
- Victor Pisano
- (writer) (1 episode, 1985)
- Edgar Allan Poe
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Katherine Anne Porter
- (based on the story by) (1 episode, 1985)
- Chuck Portz
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1987)
- Lou Potter
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1984)
- Tristram Powell
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1984)
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- (writer) (1 episode, 1985)
- Jay Presson Allen
- (play) (1 episode, 1992)
- Reynolds Price
- (writer) (1 episode, 1982)
- Samson Raphaelson
- (1 episode, 1987)
- Elsa Rassbach
- (story) (1 episode, 1984)
- Tina Rathborne
- (1 episode, 1985)
- Henry Reed
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Philip H. Reisman Jr.
- (1 episode, 1984)
- Alma Reville
- (1 episode, 1987)
- Ronald Ribman
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1991)
- Jose Rivera
- (1 episode, 1986)
- Lanie Robertson
- (1 episode, 1988)
- Edwin Arlington Robinson
- (poetry by) (1 episode, 1983)
- Michael Roemer
- (2 episodes, 1980-1984)
- Theodore Rosengarten
- (based on a book by) (1 episode, 1990)
- Ken Rotcop
- (1 episode, 1983)
- Philip Roth
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1984)
- Philip Roth
- (novel) (1 episode, 1984)
- Carl Sandburg
- (poems) (1 episode, 1982)
- Stephen Schwartz
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1982)
- Lee Seldes
- (book) (1 episode, 1983)
- Ntozake Shange
- (play) (1 episode, 1982)
- Ntozake Shange
- (screenplay) (1 episode, 1982)
- Sam Shepard
- (play) (1 episode, 1984)
- Jean Shepherd
- (2 episodes, 1982-1985)
- Jonathan Marc Sherman
- (play) (1 episode, 1990)
- Jonathan Marc Sherman
- (screenplay) (1 episode, 1990)
- Paul Shyre
- (writer) (1 episode, 1982)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
- (story) (1 episode, 1984)
- Anna Deavere Smith
- (play) (1 episode, 1993)
- Anna Deavere Smith
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1993)
- Luther Sperberg
- (1 episode, 1981)
- John Steinbeck
- (novel) (1 episode, 1991)
- Jeff Stetson
- (writer) (1 episode, 1989)
- Studs Terkel
- (book) (1 episode, 1982)
- Brandon Thomas
- (play) (1 episode, 1987)
- Stephen Tolkin
- (writer) (1 episode, 1991)
- Jesús Salvador Treviño
- (writer) (1 episode, 1982)
- Mary Trimble
- (story development) (1 episode, 1984)
- Mary Trimble
- (teleplay by) (1 episode, 1982)
- Mark Twain
- (novel) (2 episodes, 1984-1986)
- Mark Twain
- (book) (1 episode, 1987)
- Mark Twain
- (stories) (1 episode, 1989)
- John Updike
- (based on the short story by) (1 episode, 1988)
- Russell Vandenbroucke
- (1 episode, 1987)
- John Varley
- (based on the short story by) (1 episode, 1984)
- Victor Villaseñor
- (1 episode, 1982)
- Victor Villaseñor
- (screenplay by) (1 episode, 1982)
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- (based on the story by) (1 episode, 1985)
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- (story) (1 episode, 1982)
- John D. Weaver
- (story "A Matter of Principle") (1 episode, 1984)
- Eudora Welty
- (story) (1 episode, 1987)
- Aubrey Wertheim
- (play) (1 episode, 1984)
- Nathanael West
- (novel) (uncredited) (1 episode, 1983)
- Hugh Whitemore
- (4 episodes, 1984)
- Thornton Wilder
- (play) (1 episode, 1983)
- Samm-Art Williams
- (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
- Samm-Art Williams
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1984)
- Tennessee Williams
- (play) (1 episode, 1985)
- Lanford Wilson
- (2 episodes, 1982-1988)
- Lanford Wilson
- (play) (1 episode, 1982)
- Joanne Woodward
- (teleplay) (1 episode, 1982)
- Hisaye Yamamoto
- (short stories) (1 episode, 1991)
- Robert M. Young
- (adaptation) (1 episode, 1982)
- Zoe Zinman
- (1 episode, 1983)