american literature

An anthology of African-American literature, featuring the work of 123 authors born between 1746 and 1969 writing in a variety of genres, and including period introductions, author headnotes, and two compact discs with vocal and instrumental pieces, as well as spoken word performances.

Explores the relation of the black vernacular tradition to the African-American literary tradition, focusing on the two trickster figures of Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey, in whose myths are registered certain principles of both formal language use and its interpretation.

The classics of American literature are explored.

A multicultural collection of stories, poems, essays, drama, and photographs by past and current residents of Queens, New York.