african american authors

Over "230 essays describe the works of 135 African-American authors from the eighteenth century to the present[1994]...including works by literary figures of the Harlem Renaissance"--Publisher's catalog.

Profiles more than twenty significant African-American writers from the period 1940-55, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of thirty-three African-American writers active before the Harlem Renaissance; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.

Dramatizes the life and career of novelist Zora Neale Hurston whose writings provided insights into African-American life in the 1930s and 1940s.

Collection of interviews with sixteen African-American writers, including novelists, poets, journalists, and playwrights, discussing race, gender, and their work.

A biography of Virginia Hamilton, the African American writer whose children's literature received the highest possible awards during her lifetime, including the Newbery and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Examines the life and accomplishments of the African-American writer, performer, and teacher, and covers her impact on literature and culture.