Presents biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on seventy-nine contemporary African-American novelists; arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
Presents alphabetized biographical and critical profiles of over sixty African-American dramatists from the nineteenth century through the early twenty-first, such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright.
Alphabetically arranged entries profile sixty-two contemporary gay American poets and dramatists, providing a brief biography, discussion of major works and themes, and an overview of the author's critical reception for each entry.
