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Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s
Edited by Brenda M. Greene and Elizabeth Nunez

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    Publication Date: Apr 01, 1999
    List Price: Unavailable
    Format: Paperback, 250 pages
    Classification: Nonfiction
    ISBN13: 9780820442617
    Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing
    Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
    Parent Company: The Peter Lang Publishing Group

    Description of Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s by Brenda M. Greene and Elizabeth Nunez


    Defining Ourselves offers perspectives on black literature in the 1990s by twenty-nine black writers and critics, including Paule Marshall, Amiri Baraka, John A. Williams, Ishmael Reed, Walter Mosley, Marita Golden, Thulani Davis, Jill Nelson, Arthur Flowers, Lorna Goodison, Bebe Moore Campbell, Brent Staples, Terry McMillan, Stanley Crouch, Houston A. Baker Jr., Barbara Christian, Karla FC Holloway, and William W. Cook. The essays in this book are based on papers presented at the Fourth National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, which focused on the question of whether or not black literature in the 90s is experiencing a renaissance to end all renaissances. In addition to this topic, this book addresses the issues of the universality of black literature, the changing tastes and concerns of black readers, and the politics of publishing.



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