novelists, american

A bestselling author is held captive in a wheelchair, made drug-dependent, and locked in his room by an angry nurse who demands he bring her favorite character back to life.

The author chronicles his life from age twelve to sixteen, living in the bizarre home of his mother's psychiatrist, where he was sexually abused by the doctor's thirty-three-year-old adopted son.

Chronicles the journey of two brothers around the world as they make observations about people, the land, events, and their own inward changes.

Presents biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on seventy-nine contemporary African-American novelists; arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

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.