minority authors

"These seventeen essays by . . . writers of color start a more inclusive conversation about storytelling and encourage readers and writers to re-evaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped their assumptions about how fiction should be written. Edited by Deepa Anappara, author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, and Taymour Soomro, author of Other Names for Love, this anthology features writers from around the world, from a diversity of backgrounds and across genres, including: American Dirt critic Myriam Gurba, who describes the circle of Latina writers she has always worked within; . . . novelist Tahmima Anam, who writes about giving herself permission to be funny as an artist of color; and New York Times opinion columnist Mohammed Hanif, who recalls censorship he experienced at the hands of political authorities"--Provided by publisher.

A dramatization of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who wrote of the folklore of the rural South.

Contains biographical information about American ethnic writers and critical analyses of their works.

Profiles important American ethnic writers from Gordon Parks, Sr. through Al Young, and discusses the author's major works, and describes how they express their sense of identity through both fiction and nonfiction writings; and includes appendixes and indexes.

Profiles important American ethnic writers from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. through Grace Paley, and discusses the author's major works, and describes how they express their sense of identity through both fiction and nonfiction writings.

Profiles important American ethnic writers from Ai through Lionel G. Garc?a, and discusses the author's major works, and describes how they express their sense of identity through both fiction and nonfiction writings.