american literature

Contains full-color reproductions of drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and prints which profile the sport of baseball, as well as excerpts of baseball writing by such authors as Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, and John Updike.

A study of the lives and works of women writers who practiced their art during the Harlem Renaissance of the early twentieth century, focusing on African-American authors Jessie Fauset, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston.

Translation of: Les Poetes Negres des Etats-Unis. A study of the major black poets of the United States from early slavery times to Langston Hughes.

A collection of poems, sacred and secular, rooted in the land, sun, moon, wind, seasons, animals, and people.

Surveys the works of major African-American writers of the twentieth century.

A collection of nineteen stories and twelve poems by Black authors expounding on the theme of the family unit.

Recent African-American women writers discuss their lives and work, followed by critical essays by both men and women.

A collection of 53 challenging passages from fiction, drama, and poetry, similar to those on the AP English Literature exam. The book scaffolds the techniques of rigorous close reading demanded by the multiple-choice section of the exam, and scaffolds the organization of student essays in preparation for the essay section of the exam.