The Scribner writers series

Contains articles that examines the lives and works of thirty-four Chicano and Chicana, and Dominican writers, and includes five essays that explore themes in Latino and Latina literature, such as feminism, and history.

Contains twenty-five alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about significant African-American authors, each with a biographical overview, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; and features two additional topical essays. Includes an index.

Contains twenty-seven alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about significant African-American authors, each with a biographical overview, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; and includes a discussion of the Black Arts Movement.

Provides biographical and career information on twenty-three modern Japanese authors, each with a selected bibliography; and includes an essay that examines the work of the atomic bomb writers.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical information and critical assessments of 116 contemporary writers of supernatural fiction who have made a significant impact on the field, each with a selected bibliography. Includes a cumulative index.

Contains fifty-two alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about significant African-American authors, each with a biographical overview, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; and includes three additional topical essays, and an index.

Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide biographical and career information on 107 poets from around the world; and includes fifteen essays on various genres and schools of poetry.