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An Interview with John A. Williams

by Dennis A. Williams

An Interview with John A. Williams Dennis A. Williams Interview John A. Williams (right) and Dennis A. Williams Originally published in FORKROADS, A Journal of Ethnic-American Literature, Wint...

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John A. Williams

John A. Williams 0000000081606231 “…arguably the finest African-American novelist of his generation.” John Alfred Williams (1925-2015), a renowned author and professor, had a distin...

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Dear Chester, Dear John

by John A. Williams and Lori Williams

Dear Chester, Dear John John A. Williams and Lori Williams 9780814333556 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press Chester Himes and John A. Williams met in 1961, as Himes w...

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John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams

John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams MULTIPLE John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams are acclaimed authors, known for their remarkable contribution to literature. Their insightful works have garn...

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Conversations with John A. Williams

by Jeffrey Allen Tucker and John A. Williams

Conversations with John A. Williams Jeffrey Allen Tucker and John A. Williams 9781496818171 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi One of the most prolific African ...

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John A. Williams and Lori Williams

John A. Williams and Lori Williams MULTIPLE John A. Williams is a celebrated author, happily married to his wife Lori Isaac (neé) for 50 years. John A. Williams with his wife of 50 years Lori Isaac...

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Jeffrey Allen Tucker and John A. Williams

Jeffrey Allen Tucker and John A. Williams MULTIPLE Jeffrey Allen Tucker and John A. Williams are renowned authors contributing significantly to their respective fields. Tucker's work is marked by his...

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Safari West: Poems

by John A. Williams

Safari West: Poems John A. Williams 9780969934929 Poetry Hochelaga Press Hochelaga Press With the publication of Safari West, John A. Williams turns to poetry, his first love, while never straying fro...

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John A. Williams Acceptance Speech - The King Alfred Plan

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John A. Williams Acceptance Speech - The King Alfred Plan Author Interviews Learn More about John A. Williams' Work Here: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=John+A.+Williams The 1st Ph...

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The King God Didn’t Save: Reflections on the Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by John A. Williams

The King God Didn’t Save: Reflections on the Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. John A. Williams 9781135818326 Nonfiction Putnam Penguin Random House Biographers have begun to descend in force ...

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The Man Who Cried I Am

by John A. Williams

The Man Who Cried I Am John A. Williams Excerpt FOREWORD by Graham Hodges   The publication of John A. Williams’ fourth novel, The Man Who Cried I Am, in October, 1967, caused cr...

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Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing (Autographed)

by John A. Williams

Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year Diary of Article Writing (Autographed) John A. Williams 9780385084413 Nonfiction Anchor Books Penguin Random House Autographed Copy! A brilliant and thought-provoking collec...

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Captain Blackman

by John A. Williams

Captain Blackman John A. Williams 9781566890960 Fiction Coffee House Press Coffee House Press Features an introduction by Alexs Pate John A. Williams, journalist and educator, did exceptional work ...

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This is My Country Too

by John A. Williams

This is My Country Too John A. Williams thisismycount Fiction New American Library Penguin Random House In the early 1960s, novelist and journalist John A. Williams was commissioned by Holiday magazin...

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The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner

by John Henrik Clarke

The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner John Henrik Clarke 9780933121959 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press The Second Crucifixion of Nat Turner was originally published in 1968. Edited b...

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The Man Who Cried I Am (2023)

by John A. Williams

The Man Who Cried I Am (2023) John A. Williams 9781598537611 Fiction Library of America Library of America Rediscover the sensational 1967 literary thriller that captures the bitter struggles of postw...

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Clifford’s Blues

by John A. Williams

Clifford’s Blues John A. Williams 9781566890809 Fiction Coffee House Press Coffee House Press “John A. Williams proves again that he is the greatest American novelist of the twentieth century”—Ishmael...

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!Click Song

by John A. Williams

!Click Song John A. Williams 9780938410430 Fiction Thunder’s Mouth Press Thunder’s Mouth Press Autographed Copy In my native village … the is a sing we always sing … it’s called ‘The Click Song’ by...

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The Man Who Cried I Am

by John A. Williams

The Man Who Cried I Am John A. Williams 9780938410249 Fiction Thunder’s Mouth Press Thunder’s Mouth Press Originally published in 1967 Generally recognized as one of the most important novels o...

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Mothersill and the Foxes

by John A. Williams

Mothersill and the Foxes John A. Williams 9780385094542 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House From the prolific author of Captain Blackman and The Man Who Cried I Am (to name but two) comes one of th...

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Night Song

by John A. Williams

Night Song John A. Williams nightsong Fiction Farrar, Straus and Cudahy Macmillan Publishers Originally Published in 1961 Inspired by the life of Charlie “Bird” Parker, this poignant, provocative, ...

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If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor

by John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams

If I Stop, I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams 9781560259183 Fiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Though it is hard to imagine what America w...

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If I Stop I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor

by John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams

If I Stop I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor John A. Williams and Dennis A. Williams 9781560250623 Fiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Though it would be hard to imagine an Americ...

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The Angry Ones

by John A. Williams

The Angry Ones John A. Williams Excerpt You remember a lot of things about a trip across America. You remember the sandstone rocks reared above red and brown plains, the twisted, fiercely shaped arro...

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Jacob’s Ladder

by John A. Williams

Jacob’s Ladder John A. Williams 9780938410416 Fiction Thunder’s Mouth Press Thunder’s Mouth Press It’s the pre-Vietnam era, and America is intervening in the affairs of Pandemi, a small West African n...

Articles

AALBC is Done with Amazon!

by Troy Johnson

AALBC is Done with Amazon! Troy Johnson Article For almost 22, years AALBC has exposed readers of all backgrounds to books written by, or about, people of African descent. AALBC has published th...

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Sons Of Darkness, Sons Of Light: A Novel of Some Probability

by John A. Williams

Sons Of Darkness, Sons Of Light: A Novel of Some Probability John A. Williams 9781555533960 Fiction Northeastern Northeastern Originally published in 1969, this parable of racial intrigue centers on t...

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For Better or for Worse

by John A. Williams

For Better or for Worse John A. Williams 9780805943719 Fiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing  

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One for New York

by John A. Williams

One for New York John A. Williams 9780862416485 Fiction Interlink Books Interlink Pub Group Inc An autobiographical account of Steve Hill, a young black man who goes to New York to seek his living. Fr...

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The Angry Ones

by John A. Williams

The Angry Ones John A. Williams 9780393314649 Fiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The Angry Ones is a powerful story of the hidden and (unacknowledged) racism that faces an edu...

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Sissie

by John A. Williams

Sissie John A. Williams 9780938410669 Fiction Thunder’s Mouth Press Thunder’s Mouth Press Two siblings, who have been both helped and hindered by their mother’s forceful character, pay her a deathbed ...

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The Junior Bachelor Society

by John A. Williams

The Junior Bachelor Society John A. Williams 9780385094559 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House In 1981, the Sophisticated Gents mini-series is adapted from The Junior Bachelor Society and airs on N...

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Minorities in the City

by John A. Williams

Minorities in the City John A. Williams minoritiesint Nonfiction Harper & Row HarperCollins

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Africa: Her History, Lands and People, Told with Pictures

by John A. Williams

Africa: Her History, Lands and People, Told with Pictures John A. Williams 9780815402589 Nonfiction Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield

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Roland S. Jefferson

Roland S. Jefferson NONE Roland S. Jefferson, originally from Washington, D.C., is a celebrated author known for his rich, multi-layered characters and contemporary themes. After receiving his medica...

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Clarence Cooper, Jr.

Clarence Cooper, Jr. MULTIPLE “…One of the most under-rated writers in America…” —John A. Williams Clarence L. Cooper Jr., born in 1934, was an author whose works, like...

Book Review

Oreo

by Thumper

Oreo Thumper Book Review I’m thinking, pondering, you might say, that possibly the sign of a good book isn’t the fact that it is in print. Maybe, the sign of a good book should be wheth...

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Epistrophy

by Dennis A. Williams

Epistrophy Dennis A. Williams 9781461049883 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC A deadlocked presidential election that triggers a constitutional crisis. A grass-roots movement to limit gover...

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Lookin’ For Luv

by Thumper

Lookin’ For Luv Thumper Book Review I gotta be honest with y’all, I wasn’t expecting too much from this book when I picked it up. I wanted to read it because the author Carl Weber somet...

Articles

Our Future is Cyberspace

by Troy Johnson

Our Future is Cyberspace Troy Johnson Article “Outsiders” have often dictated the trends of African American Culture, sometimes doing the job themselves, sometimes using what authors John A. Williams...

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Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s

by Brenda M. Greene and Elizabeth Nunez

Defining Ourselves: Black Writers in the 90s Brenda M. Greene and Elizabeth Nunez 9780820442617 Nonfiction Peter Lang Publishing Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Defining Ourselves offers perspectives on b...

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Paule Marshall

Paule Marshall 0000000110812465 Watch a Powerful Tribute to Paule Marshall and John A. Williams Paule Marshall, born Valenza Pauline Burke, was a renowned author and educator. She was selected by Lang...

Book Review

Beasts of No Nation

by Robert Fleming

Beasts of No Nation Robert Fleming Book Review As John A. Williams, that black titan of letters, often says ’there can never be enough political novels written by our community,’ the num...

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