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246 Books in the LITERARY CRITICISM / African American & Black Category

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Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon

Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon
No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC

No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC
On Morrison

On Morrison
The Black Box (paperback): Writing the Race

The Black Box (paperback): Writing the Race
Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin

Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin
Discourse in Black: Voices of the Self, Let’s Flip the Script, and Liberation Memories

Discourse in Black: Voices of the Self, Let’s Flip the Script, and Liberation Memories
The Flesh of the Matter: A Critical Forum on Hortense Spillers

The Flesh of the Matter: A Critical Forum on Hortense Spillers
Salvage: Readings from the Wreck

Salvage: Readings from the Wreck
Liberation Literature: Collected Writings of Virginia Hamilton

Liberation Literature: Collected Writings of Virginia Hamilton
Introduction to Afrofuturism: A Mixtape in Black Literature & Arts

Introduction to Afrofuturism: A Mixtape in Black Literature & Arts
Encounter on the Seine: Essays

Encounter on the Seine: Essays
The Harlem Ghetto: Essays

The Harlem Ghetto: Essays
Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays

Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays
The Blue Period: Black Writing in the Early Cold War

The Blue Period: Black Writing in the Early Cold War
The Black Box: Writing the Race

The Black Box: Writing the Race
The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture

The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture
The Race for America: Black Internationalism in the Age of Manifest Destiny

The Race for America: Black Internationalism in the Age of Manifest Destiny
Minor Notes, Volume 1

Minor Notes, Volume 1
In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays

In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays
Black Women Writers at Work

Black Women Writers at Work
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar
Reading Black Books

Reading Black Books
Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture

Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture
Black Fire This Time

Black Fire This Time
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays

Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child: Conflicts in Comradeship

Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child: Conflicts in Comradeship
The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora

The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora
Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature

Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature
Hell Without Fires: Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative

Hell Without Fires: Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative
The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism

The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
From the Plantation to the Prison: African-American Confinement Literature

From the Plantation to the Prison: African-American Confinement Literature
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal
(s)Kinfolk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

(s)Kinfolk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah
Cosmic Deputy: Poetry & Context

Cosmic Deputy: Poetry & Context
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka

Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka
Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone

Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance

Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance
No Cover

To Make Negro Literature: Writing, Literary Practice, and African American Authorship
I Am New Orleans: 36 Poets Revisit Marcus Christian’s Definitive Poem

I Am New Orleans: 36 Poets Revisit Marcus Christian’s Definitive Poem
Black People Are My Business: Toni Cade Bambara’s Practices of Liberation

Black People Are My Business: Toni Cade Bambara’s Practices of Liberation
Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man

Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man
Bad Men: Creative Touchstones of Black Writers

Bad Men: Creative Touchstones of Black Writers
Ralph Ellison: A Life in Letters

Ralph Ellison: A Life in Letters
Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry

Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry
Animating Black and Brown Liberation: A Theory of American Literatures

Animating Black and Brown Liberation: A Theory of American Literatures
Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine
“Pretends to Be Free:” Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey

“Pretends to Be Free:” Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey
To Float In The Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight

To Float In The Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight
Approaches to Teaching Baraka’s Dutchman

Approaches to Teaching Baraka’s Dutchman
Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song

Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song
Conversations with John A. Williams

Conversations with John A. Williams
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing

Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
Who Do with Words (2.0)

Who Do with Words (2.0)
Searching for Sycorax: Black Women’s Hauntings of Contemporary Horror

Searching for Sycorax: Black Women’s Hauntings of Contemporary Horror
The Origin of Others

The Origin of Others
Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler

Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler
The Whiskey of Our Discontent: Gwendolyn Brooks as Conscience and Change Agent

The Whiskey of Our Discontent: Gwendolyn Brooks as Conscience and Change Agent
Condition Red: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (Poets on Poetry)

Condition Red: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (Poets on Poetry)
Archives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique

Archives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique
In the Wake: On Blackness and Being

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being
Making Roots: A Nation Captivated

Making Roots: A Nation Captivated
Beyond the Rope

Beyond the Rope
Reading Contemporary African American Literature

Reading Contemporary African American Literature
I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy

I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy
The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s

The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s
The Cambridge History of African American Literature

The Cambridge History of African American Literature
Mess and Mess and

Mess and Mess and
These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship

These Truly Are the Brave: An Anthology of African American Writings on War and Citizenship
Black Kirby: In Search of the MotherBoxx Connection

Black Kirby: In Search of the MotherBoxx Connection
Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women

Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X

A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X
Selected Letters of Langston Hughes

Selected Letters of Langston Hughes
F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature

F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature
James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader

SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader
Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women’s Literature

Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women’s Literature
A Companion to African American Literature (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

A Companion to African American Literature (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation

Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation
All Stories Are True: History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman

All Stories Are True: History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman
Notes of a Native Son

Notes of a Native Son
Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory And Practice

Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory And Practice
And Bid Him Sing: A Biography Of Countee Cullen

And Bid Him Sing: A Biography Of Countee Cullen
The Works Of Alain Locke

The Works Of Alain Locke
The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader

The Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader
Conversations with Ralph Ellison

Conversations with Ralph Ellison
By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented

By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented
Dorothy West’s Paradise: A Biography Of Class And Color

Dorothy West’s Paradise: A Biography Of Class And Color
The Conjure Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

The Conjure Stories (Norton Critical Editions)
The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker

The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker
Literary Sisters: Dorothy West And Her Circle, A Biography Of The Harlem Renaissance

Literary Sisters: Dorothy West And Her Circle, A Biography Of The Harlem Renaissance
Integrating African American Literature in the Library and Classroom

Integrating African American Literature in the Library and Classroom
Representing the Race

Representing the Race
The Word: Black Writers Talk About The Transformative Power Of Reading And Writing

The Word: Black Writers Talk About The Transformative Power Of Reading And Writing
The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960

The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960
Albert Murray And The Aesthetic Imagination Of A Nation

Albert Murray And The Aesthetic Imagination Of A Nation
Conversations With Yusef Komunyakaa (Literary Conversations Series)

Conversations With Yusef Komunyakaa (Literary Conversations Series)
Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era

Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era
Conversations With Octavia Butler

Conversations With Octavia Butler
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin

Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin
God’s Bits of Wood

God’s Bits of Wood
Slave Cinema: The Crisis of the African-American in Film

Slave Cinema: The Crisis of the African-American in Film
Toni Morrison: Conversations (Literary Conversations Series)

Toni Morrison: Conversations (Literary Conversations Series)
God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Penguin Classics)

God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Penguin Classics)
Meditations And Ascensions: Black Writers On Writing

Meditations And Ascensions: Black Writers On Writing
Richard Wright: The Life and Times

Richard Wright: The Life and Times
Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius

Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers And The Photograph In The Twentieth Century

Harlem Crossroads: Black Writers And The Photograph In The Twentieth Century
Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit (Women Writers of Color)

Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit (Women Writers of Color)
Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry)

Power And Possibility: Essays, Reviews, And Interviews (Poets On Poetry)
Conversations with Leon Forrest (Literary Conversations)

Conversations with Leon Forrest (Literary Conversations)
Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual

Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual
George S. Schuyler: Portrait Of A Black Conservative

George S. Schuyler: Portrait Of A Black Conservative
Deans and Truants

Deans and Truants
Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir

Bookmarks: Reading in Black and White A Memoir
Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor

Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade

Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade

Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade
The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s

The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s
Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition (Gender and American Culture)

Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition (Gender and American Culture)
The Contemporary African American Novel: Its Folk Roots and Modern Literary Branches

The Contemporary African American Novel: Its Folk Roots and Modern Literary Branches
Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies

Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies
Manning the Race: Reforming Black Men in the Jim Crow Era

Manning the Race: Reforming Black Men in the Jim Crow Era
Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present

Furious Flower: African-American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present
The Black Interior: Essays

The Black Interior: Essays
Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated

Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison: Revised and Updated
Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction Of Henry Dumas (Black Arts Movement Series)

Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction Of Henry Dumas (Black Arts Movement Series)
The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism

The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism
Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture

Black, White, and in Color: Essays on American Literature and Culture
A Love No Less: Two Centuries Of African American Love Letters

A Love No Less: Two Centuries Of African American Love Letters
Black Betty

Black Betty
A Little Yellow Dog

A Little Yellow Dog
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies (New Americanists)

Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies (New Americanists)
Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies

Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies
My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature

My Soul Has Grown Deep: Classics of Early African-American Literature
The Harris Family: A Novel

The Harris Family: A Novel
White Butterfly

White Butterfly
Devil In a Blue Dress (1st in the Easy Rawlins Mysteries)

Devil In a Blue Dress (1st in the Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life

Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life
Out There

Out There
Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature

Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature
The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941, I, Too, Sing America (Life of Langston Hughes, 1902-1941)

The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941, I, Too, Sing America (Life of Langston Hughes, 1902-1941)
The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World (Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967)

The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World (Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967)
Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony

Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States

Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
African American Writers: Portraits and Visions

African American Writers: Portraits and Visions
The Fisher King: A Novel

The Fisher King: A Novel
Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America

Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America
Blind Ambitions: A Novel

Blind Ambitions: A Novel
For the Love of Money : A Novel

For the Love of Money : A Novel
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
A Region Not Home: Reflections From Exile

A Region Not Home: Reflections From Exile
Fields Watered with Blood

Fields Watered with Blood
Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women

Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women
Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 (American Poets Continuum Series, Vol. 21)

Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 (American Poets Continuum Series, Vol. 21)
African American Literary Theory: A Reader

African American Literary Theory: A Reader
The Rejected American

The Rejected American
The Harris Men

The Harris Men
The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine

The Messenger Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from The Messenger Magazine
remembered rapture: the writer at work

remembered rapture: the writer at work
Renaissance in Harlem

Renaissance in Harlem
Conjugal Union: The Body, the House, and the Black American

Conjugal Union: The Body, the House, and the Black American
The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League’s Opportunity Magazine

The Opportunity Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the Urban League’s Opportunity Magazine
Prose: Essays And Personal Letters

Prose: Essays And Personal Letters
I Call Myself An Artist: Writings by and About Charles Johnson

I Call Myself An Artist: Writings by and About Charles Johnson
Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, And Conversations

Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, And Conversations
Toni Morrison’s Beloved: A Casebook

Toni Morrison’s Beloved: A Casebook
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books

Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books

Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books
The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine

The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine
Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor

Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor
Affirmative Acts

Affirmative Acts
Teaching African American Literature: Theory and Practice

Teaching African American Literature: Theory and Practice
Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970

Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America
Dark Eros: Black Erotic Writings

Dark Eros: Black Erotic Writings
The Future of the Race

The Future of the Race
On A Mission: Selected Poems And A History Of The Last Poets

On A Mission: Selected Poems And A History Of The Last Poets
Circles of Sisterhood: A Book Discussion Group Guide for Women of Color

Circles of Sisterhood: A Book Discussion Group Guide for Women of Color
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
Eulogies

Eulogies
“Who Set You Flowin’?”: The African-American Migration Narrative (Race And American Culture)

“Who Set You Flowin’?”: The African-American Migration Narrative (Race And American Culture)
The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition

The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition
The Richer, The Poorer

The Richer, The Poorer
The Souls of Black Folk: Includes “The Talented Tenth” and ”The Souls of White Folk”

The Souls of Black Folk: Includes “The Talented Tenth” and ”The Souls of White Folk”
The Hero And the Blues

The Hero And the Blues
Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston

Every Tub Must Sit on Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston
The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback)

The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback)
Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play

Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play
The Changing Same": Black Women’s Literature, Criticism, and Theory

The Changing Same": Black Women’s Literature, Criticism, and Theory
Shadow And Act

Shadow And Act
Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers?

Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers?
Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry

Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry
Black Betty (Mask Noir)

Black Betty (Mask Noir)
Songs Of Enchantment

Songs Of Enchantment
Wild Women Don’t Wear No Blues: Black Women Writers on Love, Men and Sex

Wild Women Don’t Wear No Blues: Black Women Writers on Love, Men and Sex
Conversations with Richard Wright (Literary Conversations)

Conversations with Richard Wright (Literary Conversations)
Selected Poems

Selected Poems
The Big Sea: An Autobiography

The Big Sea: An Autobiography
Playing In The Dark: Whiteness And The Literary Imagination

Playing In The Dark: Whiteness And The Literary Imagination
The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar
A Woman’s Mourning Song

A Woman’s Mourning Song
Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha: A Critical Collection

Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha: A Critical Collection
How I Wrote Jubilee: And Other Essays on Life and Literature

How I Wrote Jubilee: And Other Essays on Life and Literature
Absolutely Nothing To Get Alarmed About: The Complete Novels Of Charles Wright

Absolutely Nothing To Get Alarmed About: The Complete Novels Of Charles Wright
Black Southern Voices: An Anthology

Black Southern Voices: An Anthology
Howard Street

Howard Street
Nobody Knows My Name

Nobody Knows My Name
Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New

Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New
Magic City

Magic City
The Stories of John Edgar Wideman

The Stories of John Edgar Wideman
Omeros

Omeros
Don’t Cry, Scream

Don’t Cry, Scream
The Love Space Demands: A Continuing Saga

The Love Space Demands: A Continuing Saga
The Panther & the Lash

The Panther & the Lash
Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative

Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative
nappy edges

nappy edges
Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South

Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South
My Soul’s High Song

My Soul’s High Song
The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Life

The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex, Literature, and Real Life
Fever (Contemporary American Fiction)

Fever (Contemporary American Fiction)
Black Women Writing Autobiography: A Tradition Within a Tradition

Black Women Writing Autobiography: A Tradition Within a Tradition
The Magazine Novels of Pauline Hopkins: (including Hagar’s Daughter, Winona, and of One Blood)

The Magazine Novels of Pauline Hopkins: (including Hagar’s Daughter, Winona, and of One Blood)
Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women

Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women
The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism

The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism
Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the “Racial“ Self

Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the “Racial“ Self
The Spook Who Sat by the Door

The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin

Black Writers Redefine the Struggle: A Tribute to James Baldwin
Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860-1960

Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860-1960
New Essays on Invisible Man

New Essays on Invisible Man
The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941: I, Too, Sing America

The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941: I, Too, Sing America
Good Woman: Poems And A Memoir 1969-1980 (American Poets Continuum)

Good Woman: Poems And A Memoir 1969-1980 (American Poets Continuum)
Cruelty/Killing Floor (Classic Reprint Series)

Cruelty/Killing Floor (Classic Reprint Series)
Thomas and Beulah

Thomas and Beulah
The Black Poets

The Black Poets
Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation

Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation
Once

Once
Black Feeling Black Talk

Black Feeling Black Talk
Dream On Monkey Mountain And Other Plays

Dream On Monkey Mountain And Other Plays
Five Plays by Langston Hughes

Five Plays by Langston Hughes
Word Hustle: Critical Essays and Reflections on the Works of Donald Goines

Word Hustle: Critical Essays and Reflections on the Works of Donald Goines