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African American Literature


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Got to Be Real: Four Original Love Stories
Got to Be Real: Four Original Love Stories
by Eric Jerome Dickey
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E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Colin Channer, and Marcus Major join forces to present one blockbuster love story anthology.... (read more)

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Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women
Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women
by Meri Nana Danquah
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Showcasing the newest generation of black women writers, this collection gathers 23 voices that came of age in the wake of the civil rights, black arts, gay rights, and feminist movements.... (read more)

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Early African-American Classics (Bantam Classics)
Early African-American Classics (Bantam Classics)
by Anthony Appiah
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A collection of some of the most influential and significant writings by Afro-American authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is an important addition to Bantam's growing black classics list.... (read more)

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My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature
My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature
by John Edgar Wideman
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In this vital and inspiring volume, John Edgar Wideman has brought together the first truly representative sampling of literature by African-American writers in the early centuries of our history. Reaching across periods, styles, and regional borders... (read more)

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Library of America #218: Harlem Renaissance: Four Novels of the 1930s
Library of America #218: Harlem Renaissance: Four Novels of the 1930s
by Rafia (edt) Zafar
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE: Four Novels of the 1930s traces the flowering of the Renaissance in diverse genres and forms. It opens with Langston Hughes's Not Without Laughter (1931), an elegantly realized coming-of-age tale that follows a young man from his... (read more)

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Best African American Essays: 2009 (Best African American Essays)
Best African American Essays: 2009 (Best African American Essays)
by Gerald Early
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This exciting collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing by African Americans. Here are remarkable essays on a variety of subjects informed bybut not necessarily aboutthe experience of blackness, as seen through the eyes of some of... (read more)

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Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris
Visible Lives: Three Stories in Tribute to E. Lynn Harris
by Stanley Bennett Clay
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In a powerful tribute to bestselling author and literary icon E. Lynn Harris, bestselling authors and friends Terrance Dean, James Earl Hardy, and Stanley Bennett Clay honor him with sexy, original novellas in the genre he helped create--groundbreaking... (read more)

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Library of America #217: Harlem Renaissance: Five Novels of the 1920s
Library of America #217: Harlem Renaissance: Five Novels of the 1920s
by Rafia Zafar
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE: Five Novels of the 1920s leads off with Jean Toomer's Cane (1923), a unique fusion of fiction, poetry, and drama rooted in Toomer's experiences as a teacher in Georgia. Toomer's masterpiece was followed within a few years by a cluster... (read more)

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Rosie's Curl and Weave
Rosie's Curl and Weave
by Rochelle Alers
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ROSIE'S CURL AND WEAVE: Four Novellas STEP INSIDE FOR A DAY OF BEAUTY, LAUGHTER...AND LOVE. Whether you want a cut, weave or braid; a facial, manicure, or massage; there's always a helping hand-and a sympathetic ear-at Rosie's Curl and Weave on 125th... (read more)

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Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers
Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers
by Rosemarie Robotham
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The many facets of black family life have not always been fully visible in American literature. Black families have often been portrayed as chaotic, fractured, and emotionally devastated, and historians and sociologists are just beginning to acknowledge... (read more)

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Best African American Essays (Best African American Essays)
Best African American Essays (Best African American Essays)
by Gerald Early
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This exciting collection introduces the first-ever annual anthology of writing by African Americans. Here are remarkable essays on a variety of subjects informed bybut not necessarily aboutthe experience of blackness, as seen through the eyes of some of... (read more)

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Early Negro American Writers: Selections with Biographical and Critical Introductions
Early Negro American Writers: Selections with Biographical and Critical Introductions
by Benjamin Gr Brawley
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From the earliest published work in 1761 through the Civil War years, this informative anthology provides a valuable overview of Black literature during the period. Varying in background and skill, from self-taught slave to college-trained professor, the... (read more)

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Della's House of Style
Della's House of Style
by Rochelle Alers
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Specializing In Cuts, Weaves, Manicures, Pedicures. . . and Passion. Rochelle Alers' Sweet Surrender Manicurist Maria Parker can't help but notice when a hunky financial planner brings his niece into Della's for a manicure. And when he starts to frequent... (read more)

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Best African American Fiction: 2009 (Best African American Fiction)
Best African American Fiction: 2009 (Best African American Fiction)
by Gerald Early
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Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the years most outstanding fiction by some of todays finest African American writers. From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary... (read more)

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Souls of My Young Sisters (10 Edition)
Souls of My Young Sisters (10 Edition)
by Dawn Marie Daniels
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A dynamic group of young, strong, successful black women shares personal stories of hopes and dreams, fears and struggles, and triumph over adversity.... (read more)

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Unchained Voices: An Anthology of Black Authors in the English-Speaking World of the Eighteenth Century
Unchained Voices: An Anthology of Black Authors in the English-Speaking World of the Eighteenth Century
by Vincent Carretta
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Vincent Carretta has assembled the most comprehensive anthology ever published of writings by eighteenth-century people of African descent, capturing the surprisingly diverse experiences of blacks on both sides of the Atlantic--America, Britain, the West... (read more)

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Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women
Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women
by Meri Nana A Danquah
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This anthology showcases the new generation of black women writers in the decade since Terry McMillan's landmark "Breaking Ice." Their literature embodies the tragedies and the triumphs of contemporary black women in their struggle to negotiate a sense... (read more)

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Eyeing the North Star: Directions in African-Canadian Literature
Eyeing the North Star: Directions in African-Canadian Literature
by George Elliott Clarke
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Mixing prose, poetry, and drama, and including the work of established writers and new voices, writing in English as well as French (in translation here), Eyeing the North Star is a varied and vibrant overview of the recent evolution of African-Canadian... (read more)

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Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing
Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing
by Marita Golden
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A benefit for the Hurston/Wright Foundation, a literary anthology of short fiction from some of today's finest African-American writers features contributions by such acclaimed authors as Edwidge Danticat, Eric Jerome Dickey, Kenji Jasper, John Edgar... (read more)

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Black California: A Literary Anthology
Black California: A Literary Anthology
by Apraajita Nanda
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Black California is the first comprehensive anthology celebrating black writing through almost two centuries of Californian history. In a patchwork quilt pieced from poetry, fiction, essays, drama, and memoirs, this anthology traces the trajectory of... (read more)

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