african american authors

Includes Cullen's poetry and prose, essays from The Crisis magazine, the complete text of his novel "One Way to Heaven", and an interview.

Forty-seven black women provide their personal stories of black mother-daughter relationships in poetry, essay, and personal narrative.

Fifty-five poems grouped under five headings: "things i wd say," "love & other highways," "closets," "& she bleeds," and "she whispers with the unicorn.".

Surveys the contributions of African American performers and playwrights to drama, comedy, and music from pre-Civil War days to the present.

A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.

Eleven contemporary plays written by African-American women, together with interviews, photographs, and biographical information on each playwright.

A collection of over two hundred poems by contemporary African-American writers, featuring works from fifty-five poets, including Amiri Baraka, Rita Dove, Tony Medina, and others.