African American Literature
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Early African-American Classics (Bantam Classics)
by Kwame Anthon Appiah  Publisher Comments 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....
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Christmas in the Hood
by Nikki Turner Publisher Comments The undisputed queen of hip-hop fiction, #1 Essence bestselling author Nikki Turner unwraps a talented new collection of writers with raw urban stories to jingle your bells this season. Christmas in the Hood presents fresh talent alongside shining stars...
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Spiritual Interrogations: Culture, Gender, and Community in Early African American Women's Writing (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History)
by Katherine C Bassard Publisher Comments The late eighteenth century witnessed an influx of black women to the slave-trading ports of the American Northeast. The formation of an early African American community, bound together by shared experiences and spiritual values, owed much to these women'...
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In the Tradition: An Anthology of Young Black Writers
by Kevin Powell Synopsis 'In The Tradition is a provocative collection of works by some of America's most articulate young writers. Covering subjects which range from politics to love, this book crystallizes for its readers that the younger generation of Black poets and fiction...
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Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories
by Juliette Harris Publisher Comments What could make a smart woman ignore doctor's orders? What could get a hardworking employee fired from her job? What could get a black woman in hot water with her white boyfriend? In a word... HAIR. When does a few ounces feel like a few tons? When a...
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Pieces of a Man (Black Classics)
by Paul L Dunbar Publisher Comments Claude McKay, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Charles Chestnut are among the stellar writers featured in this exceptional collection of short stories....
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Great African-American Writers: Seven Books
by Dover Publisher Comments This impressive collection contains Frederick Douglass' Narrative of his life; The Souls of Black Folk, by W. E. B. Du Bois; Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery; The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, by James Weldon Johnson; The Narrative of...
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Proverbs for the People
by Trac Price Thompson Synopsis Featuring contributions from such writers as Pearl Cleage, Timmothy McCann, and Earl Sewell, an anthology of stories drawn from African, African-American, and biblical proverbs provides wit, inspiration, and wisdom....
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Rosie's Curl and Weave
by Rochelle Alers Publisher Comments 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...
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Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers
by Rosemarie Robotham Publisher Comments 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...
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Other People's Skin: Four Novellas
by Trac Price Thompson Publisher Comments This is "fiction with a mission" from Tracy Price-Thompson (aka Noire), bestselling African-American author of Knockin' Boots, Black Coffee, and A Woman's Worth, and her friends???writers Elizabeth Atkins Bowman, Desiree Cooper, and TaRessa Stovall. If...
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Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature: 1976-2001
by Charles Henry Rowell 
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Shaking the Tree: A Collection of New Fiction and Memoir by Black Women
by Meri Nana A Danquah Publisher Comments 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...
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Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
by Amiri Baraka Publisher Comments The defining work of the Black Arts Movement, "Black Fire" is at once a rich anthology and an extraordinary source document. Nearly 200 selections, including poetry, essays, short stories, and plays, from over 75 cultural critics, writers, and political...
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Calling the Wind 20TH Century African
by Clarence Major Publisher Comments Pivotal stories from post-slavery days through the Harlem Renaissance and into the nineties....
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Sleep Don't Come Easy
by J D Mason Synopsis National bestselling authors Mason ("This Fire Down in My Soul") and McGlothin ("Ms. Etta's Fast House") combine their literary talents to deliver a double dose of intrigue....
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The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader (African American History)
by David L Lewis Publisher Comments From its beginnings in 1919, with soldiers returning from the Great War, to its sputtering end in 1934, with the Great Depression, the New Negro Movement in arts and letters proclaimed the experience of African American men and women. This magnificent...
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Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
by Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher Comments "Imagine the situations in which these speech acts occur. Recall a front stoop, juke joint, funeral, wedding, barbershop, kitchen: the music, noise, communal energy, and release. Dream. Participate the way you do when you allow a song to transport you...
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Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers
by Rosemarie Robotham Publisher Comments 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...
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Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction
by Terry Mcmillan Publisher Comments A striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featured contributors include: J. California Cooper, Marita Golden, Gloria Naylor, Darryl...
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