novelists, american

Chronicles the life of novelist Donald Goines, focusing on how his experiences as a heroin addict, career criminal, truck driver, and pimp influenced his legendary writing style.

Contains twenty-three alphabetically arranged essays that provide biographical and critical information about American novelists who have made significant contributions to the body of post-World War II literature; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.

The author chronicles his adolescence and young adulthood, describing the sexual and psychological abuse he suffered in the home of his mother's psychiatrist after she abandoned him there when he was twelve years old.

A memoir of the author's childhood in the Bronx during World War II, where his father was an air-raid warden and made fur-lined vests for the Navy, and his mother, a Russian immigrant, became a poker dealer to a cicle of powerful Bronx politicians who dealt in the blackmarket.

Contains a brief biography of author, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, describing her childhood, her achievements, and her legacy. Includes time line.

Ann Hood reflects on her love of reading, and her early fascination with books.

One of the first African American anthropologists, and a talented writer, Zora Neale Hurston's body of work was an important part of the Harlem Renaissance. Learn about her life, her work, and her influence.

Chronicles the life of twentieth-century writer-anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God.".

"Okey Ndibe's funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential--but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency--African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe's relationships with Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and other literary figures; examines the differences between Nigerian and American etiquette and politics; recalls an incident of racial profiling just 13 days after he arrived in the US, in which he was mistaken for a bank robber; considers American stereotypes about Africa (and vice-versa); and juxtaposes African folk tales with Wall Street trickery. All these stories and more come together in a generous, encompassing book about the making of a writer and a new American"--.