african american authors

A reference guide to African-American literature, containing information on the lives and careers of over 400 writers, and including entries that discuss major works, literary characters, character types, cultural icons, literary genres, and other related topics.

A collection of more than 200 poems by post-World War II African-American poets.

A collection of thirty-four critical and biographical essays on African-American writers, ranging from slave narratives to contemporary feminist authors, each including a selected bibliography.

An anthology of African-American drama with introductions and extensive bibliographies.

A collection of twelve plays by African-American playwrights exploring the impact of history, family, and gender on the African-American experience.

Provides detailed biographies, critical extracts, and bibliographies on thirteen African-American prose writers of the early twentieth century.

Contains biographies and critical extracts of ten African-American poets and dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance.

A collection of sixty-one poems celebrating the African diaspora through the eyes of youths of African descent from the United States and around the world.

Nine poems about a boy who likes to play in the rain, is not afraid of the dark, and sometimes feels lonely.

Collection of poetry by African-Americans such as Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, and others that includes prefaces and critical notes on the poets.