Here's a one stop resource, containing 100 profiles of your favorite contemporary African American writers, along with complete lists of their works. Focusing on writers who have made their mark in the past 25 years, this guide stresses African American writers of popular and genre literature-from Rochelle Alers and Octavia Butler, and Samuel Delaney to Walter Mosley, and Omar Tyree, with a few classic literary giants also included. Short profiles provide an overview of the author's life and summarize his or her writing accomplishments. Many are accompanied by black-and-white photos of the author. The biographies are followed by a complete list of the author's published works.
Where can you find information about popular, contemporary African American authors? Web sites can be difficult to locate and unreliable, particularly for some of the newer authors, and their contents are inconsistent and often inaccurate. Although there are a number of reference works on African American writers, the emphasis tends to be on historical and literary authors. Here's a single volume containing 100 profiles of your favorite contemporary African American writers, along with lists of their works. Short profiles provide an overview of the author's life and summarize his or her writing accomplishments. Many are accompanied by black-and-white photos of the author. The biographies are followed by a complete list of the author's published works.
Focusing on writers who have made their mark in the past 25 years, this guide covers African American writers of popular and genre literature-from Rochelle Alers, Octavia Butler, and Samuel Delaney to Walter Mosley, Omar Tyree, and Zane. A few classic literary giants who are popular with today's readers are also included-e. g. , Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Richard Wright. Readers who want to know more about their favorite African American authors or find other books written by those authors, students researching AA authors for reports and papers, and educators seeking background information for classes in African American literature will find this guide invaluable. (High school and up.)
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Rochelle Alers
Maya Angelou
Tina McElroy Ansa
James Baldwin
Toni Cade Bambara
Leslie Esdaile Banks
Steven Barnes
Angela Benson
Eleanor Taylor Bland
Arna Bontemps
Michele Andrea Bowen
Dionne Brand
Connie Briscoe
Anita Richmond Bunkley
Octavia E. Butler
Bebe Moore Campbell
Charlotte Carter
Lorene Cary
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Austin Clarke
Pearl Cleage
J. California Cooper
Edwidge Danticat
Samuel R. Delany
Nora DeLoach
Eric Jerome Dickey
Rita Dove
Sharon Mills Draper
Tananarive Due
David Anthony Durham
Grace F. Edwards
Percival Everett
Aisha Ford
Gwynne Forster
Sharon Ewell Foster
Ernest J. Gaines
Donald Goines
Alex Haley
Patricia Haley
Virginia Hamilton
Lorraine Hansberry
Gary Hardwick
E. Lynn Harris
Gar Anthony Haywood
Donna Hill
Chester Himes
Hugh Holton Jr
Nalo Hopkinson
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Iceberg Slim
Brenda Jackson
Beverly Jenkins
Yolanda Joe
Angela Johnson
Gayl Jones
Jamaica Kincaid
Sandra Kitt
Julius Lester
Paule Marshall
Felicia Mason
James McBride
James McEachin
Bernice L. McFadden
Aaron McGruder
Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Terry McMillan
Mary Monroe
Toni Morrison
Walter Mosley
Walter Dean Myers
Gloria Naylor
Barbara Neely
Evelyn Palfrey
Alexs D. Pate
Gary Phillips
Connie Porter
Jeffrey A. Poston
Francis Ray
Ishmael Reed
John Ridley
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Sister Souljah
Eboni Snoe
Vickie M. Stringer
Mildred D. Taylor
Omar Tyree
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Alice Walker
Carl Weber
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Chassie L. West
John Edgar Wideman
John A. Williams
Paula L. Woods
Jacqueline Woodson
Alice Wootson
Courtni Wright
Richard Wright
Frank Yerby
Zane
Author/Title Index
Genre Index
