Combining scholarship covering one hundred fifty years of novel writing in the U.S., newly commissioned essays examine eighty African American novels. They include well-known works as well as writings ...

There are plenty of vampire novels inspired by European folklore ... the author of “The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction.” “We need to move from the perspective ...

Often referred to as “the black Raymond Chandler”, Chester Himes’s celebrated cycle of novels have a wit and a philosophy of ...

The protagonists are a pair of sisters,... Weber's winning record of frothy, scandalous African-American novels (Baby Momma Drama , etc.) continues with his fourth book, a fast-paced mix of ...

By featuring novels, poetry, short fiction, and drama alongside guidebooks, photographs, and print culture, African American Literature in Transition 1930-1940 provides evidence of the literary ...

Alice Randall is an author, songwriter, educator, and essayist, known for her work exploring African-American history and identity. Her novels include Pushkin and the Queen of Spades, Rebel Yell ...

Dickey emerged during a boom for African-American literature in the 1990s Author Eric Jerome Dickey, whose novels of romance, mystery and adventure were best-selling page-turners over more than 20 ...