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Articles
1-100 out of 100 article(s)
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Author |
Type |
Date |
Words |
| "What would be on the other side?": spectrality and spirit work in Toni Morrison's Paradise. |
Anderson, Melanie R. |
Critical essay |
Jun 22, 2008 |
10311 |
| Out of St. Louie into the world unbound: an interview with Colleen J. McElroy. |
Hill, James L. |
Interview |
Jun 22, 2008 |
9733 |
| Audre Lorde's "Afterimages": history, scripture, myth, and nightmare. |
Kolin, Philip C. |
Critical essay |
Jan 1, 2008 |
1535 |
| Postmodernism, pop music, and blues practice in Nelson George's post-soul culture. |
Jones, David M. |
Critical essay |
Dec 22, 2007 |
17193 |
| An end of Southern history: the down-home quests of Toni Morrison and Colson Whitehead. |
Ramsey, William |
Critical essay |
Dec 22, 2007 |
10803 |
| "The uses and hazards of expatriation": Richard Wright's cosmopolitanism in process. |
Weik, Alexa |
Critical essay |
Sep 22, 2007 |
10399 |
| "Simply a menaced boy": analogizing color, undoing dominance in James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. |
Abur-Rahman, Aliyyah I. |
Critical essay |
Sep 22, 2007 |
6213 |
| Harlem is burning: urban rioting and the "black underclass" in Chester Himes's Blind Man with a Pistol. |
Heise, Thomas |
Critical essay |
Sep 22, 2007 |
12859 |
| William Wells Brown's Narrative & traveling subjectivity. |
Lucasi, Stephen |
Critical essay |
Sep 22, 2007 |
11641 |
| Object written, written object: slavery, scarring, and complications of authorship in Beloved. |
Durkin, Anita |
Critical essay |
Sep 22, 2007 |
10599 |
| Bourgeois blackness and autobiographical authenticity in Ellen Tarry's The Third Door. |
Brown, Stephanie |
Critical essay |
Sep 22, 2007 |
8873 |
| Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices and World War II-era civic nationalism. |
Shiffman, Dan |
Critical essay |
Sep 22, 2007 |
8879 |
| The south in Richard Wright's haiku. |
Zheng, Jianqing |
Critical essay |
Mar 1, 2007 |
859 |
| Immigration and labor patterns in Toni Morrison's Sula. |
Sathyaraj, V.; Neelakantan, G. |
Critical essay |
Mar 1, 2007 |
943 |
| Disrupting racial performances in Amiri Baraka's Police. |
Kolin, Philip C. |
Critical essay |
Jan 1, 2007 |
1181 |
| Romance Awards. |
Osborne, Gwendolyn |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2006 |
148 |
| The Outreach Council of the African Studies Association (ASA) announced winners of the 2006 Children's Africana Book Awards for authors and illustrators of outstanding books about Africa published in the United States for young children and older readers. |
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Brief article |
Sep 1, 2006 |
143 |
| Beloved beloved. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
Editorial |
Jul 1, 2006 |
576 |
| The mainstreaming of street lit. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
717 |
| Winning stories. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2006 |
127 |
| Zane. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2006 |
43 |
| Richard B. Moore, radical politics, and the Afro-American history movement: the formation of a revolutionary tradition in African American intellectual culture. |
McClendon, John M. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
16070 |
| Don Cheadle and fellow activist John Prendergast have sold a book, Never Again. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2006 |
39 |
| Relentless Aaron, the nom de plume of the entrepreneur Dewitt Gilmore, signed a four-book deal with St. Martin's for a sum in "the low six figures. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2006 |
51 |
| Sizzling. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
2368 |
| Beyond funny: black voices in the world of comics and graphic novels. |
Fleming, Robert |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
2352 |
| Other noteworthy faith titles. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
92 |
| Hardcover. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
330 |
| Paperback. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
356 |
| Que(e)rying the prison-house of Black male desire: homosociality in Ernest Gaines's "three men". |
Clark, Keith |
Critical essay |
Jun 22, 2006 |
9794 |
| Revising critical judgments of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. |
Andrade, Heather Russell |
Critical essay |
Jun 22, 2006 |
8221 |
| The conspiracy of masculinity in Ishmael Reed. |
Strombeck, Andrew |
Critical essay |
Jun 22, 2006 |
7278 |
| The art of Tom Dent: notes on early evidence. |
Ward, Jerry W., Jr. |
Critical essay |
Jun 22, 2006 |
3419 |
| The need to speak: Tom Dent and the shaping of a black aesthetic. |
Thomas, Lorenzo |
Critical essay |
Jun 22, 2006 |
7801 |
| Tom Dent's role in the organizational mentoring of African American Southern writers: a memoir. |
Gex Breaux, Quo Vadis |
Biography |
Jun 22, 2006 |
2959 |
| Dealmakers. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
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May 1, 2006 |
1093 |
| All that she touched: the "lucky ones" gather to remember the author they knew as a mentor and friend. |
Due, Tananarive |
Obituary |
May 1, 2006 |
937 |
| Keeping on: Toni Trent Parker's legacy is the vast array of books now available to black children and all children. |
Randle, Wilma Jean Emanuel |
Obituary |
May 1, 2006 |
1213 |
| In Coretta Scott King's name: something for every young reader. |
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May 1, 2006 |
605 |
| Flying off the shelves. |
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May 1, 2006 |
775 |
| The Black Collegian[R]: a retrospective; A sampling of the people and topics from these pages over the past 35 years. |
Ikeda, Stewart David |
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Apr 1, 2006 |
6025 |
| Nellie McKay--a memorial. |
Moody, Joycelyn |
Editorial |
Mar 22, 2006 |
20931 |
| Traveling identities: mixed race quests and Fran Ross's Oreo. |
Leverette, Tru |
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Mar 22, 2006 |
7631 |
| Fading to white, fading away: biracial bodies in Michelle Cliff's Abeng and Danzy Senna's Caucasia. |
Dagbovie, Sika Alaine |
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Mar 22, 2006 |
10732 |
| Oratory, embodiment, and US citizenship in Sutton E. Griggs's Imperium in Imperio. |
Karafilis, Maria |
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Mar 22, 2006 |
11255 |
| "In the glad flesh of my fear": Corporeal Inscriptions in Richard Bruce Nugent's Geisha Man. |
Schmidt, Tyler T. |
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Mar 22, 2006 |
6654 |
| Comic relief. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2006 |
157 |
| Script for success: Michael Ajakwe's Pipedream press publishes works by him and other playwrights. |
Johnson, Pamela K. |
Interview |
Mar 1, 2006 |
1230 |
| Singular notes: self-published writers share the limelight. |
Lansana, Quraysh Ali |
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Mar 1, 2006 |
1189 |
| Cycle of Life: August Wilson: playwright April 27, 1945-October 2, 2005. |
King, Woodie, Jr. |
Obituary |
Mar 1, 2006 |
1156 |
| The short fiction of George Wylie Henderson. |
Nicholls, David G. |
Column |
Dec 22, 2005 |
5199 |
| Freak shows, spectacles, and carnivals: reading Jonathan Demme's beloved. |
Wardi, Anissa Janine |
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Dec 22, 2005 |
8643 |
| "The soul has bandaged moments": reading the African American gothic in Wright's "big boy leaves home," Morrison's beloved, and Gomez's Gilda. |
Bryant, Cedric Gael |
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Dec 22, 2005 |
7867 |
| The Loeb and Leopold Case: a neglected source for Richard Wright's native son. |
Butler, Robert |
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Dec 22, 2005 |
8204 |
| Farewell to Evelyn Waugh: and leave the 'happy darkie' to the multiculturalists. |
Brookhiser, Richard |
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Dec 19, 2005 |
1309 |
| Gordon Parks: a lion in winter: on living life as one "superb feast". |
Willis, Deborah |
Cover Story |
Nov 1, 2005 |
1958 |
| Thoughts that count: some of our favorite authors choose the one book they would give as a gift this holiday. |
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Nov 1, 2005 |
1758 |
| In pursuit of wisdom: a distinguished author/philosopher encourages college students to grasp the opportunity to take it all in. |
Johnson, Charles |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
2418 |
| Classically black: African American presses and new imprints lead the trend in reissuing important works for a new day. |
Simon, Denise |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
2240 |
| Troubled minds: a best-selling author's latest novel peers into the pit of mental health care. |
Alexander, Amy |
Interview |
Sep 1, 2005 |
1244 |
| The anatomy of a town: dreaming up characters and shaping a plot were relatively easy, but conjuring up a whole town? That took thought. |
Brown, Elaine Meryl |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
1380 |
| Flying off the shelves. |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
714 |
| Edward P. Jones claimed the 10th International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the biggest prize in literature for a single work, in June. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
Brief Article |
Sep 1, 2005 |
178 |
| J. Everett Prewitt's debut novel, Snake Walker (Northland Publishing Company, March 2005) placed first for fiction in the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Black Book Expo and was a semifinalist in the Independent Publisher Book Awards-2005 in New York City. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
Brief Article |
Sep 1, 2005 |
81 |
| Flying solo: after success with big publishing houses, some authors see advantages in self-publishing. |
Murray, Victoria Christopher |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
620 |
| Sacred ground: the Schomburg is the neighborhood library to students of black history and to great scholars who mine its vast collections for clues to the "lost" history of a people. |
Boyd, Herb |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
2661 |
| Lost in time: scholars react to a doctoral student's discovery that a "pioneer" of African American women's literature was not black at all. |
Dawkins, Wayne |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
1358 |
| Miscegenation and competing definitions of race in twentieth-century Louisiana. |
Brattain, Michelle |
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Aug 1, 2005 |
18447 |
| Books make summer forever. |
Cox, William E. |
Obituary |
Jul 1, 2005 |
515 |
| Noteworthy titles. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
426 |
| Fresh breezes: spend the summer discovering new writers. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
5165 |
| The art of brevity: collections from two masters raise the question: what ever happened to short stories? |
Young, Earni |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
1399 |
| Paris: inspiration on every corner: African American writers have long found a home away from home in the City of Lights. |
Wells, Monique Y. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
1287 |
| A dream of an island: on Sapelo Island, an idea takes form as a haven for the artists of the word. |
Ansa, Tina McElroy |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
1159 |
| Beside still waters: memories of the Paden Institute and Retreat for writers of Color. |
Greene, Brenda M. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
1389 |
| Preparation meets opportunity lofty book events are golden for the independent author. |
Murray, Victoria Christopher |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
970 |
| Among friends: young readers give author Marie Bradby feedback on her book and their lives. |
Baye, Betty Winston |
Panel Discussion |
Jul 1, 2005 |
2881 |
| Flying off the shelves. |
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Jul 1, 2005 |
776 |
| Walter Mosley. |
Dodson, Angela P. |
Brief Article |
May 1, 2005 |
37 |
| Starting over: the retiring co-owner of Hue-Man Bookstore in Harlem reflects on a life in bookselling. |
Villarosa, Clara C. |
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May 1, 2005 |
1200 |
| West Coast kinfolk: in Los Angeles, Chris Abani and Kamau Daaood stand out as strong limbs on the family tree of literature. |
Datcher, Michael |
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May 1, 2005 |
1515 |
| Brainstorming for success: with the help of good coaches, an author propels a business book to mainstream best-seller status. |
Khalfani, Lynnette |
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May 1, 2005 |
580 |
| "Civil" War wounds: William Wells Brown, violence, and the domestic narrative. |
James, Jennifer |
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Mar 22, 2005 |
10158 |
| Lit triv. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2005 |
153 |
| Deals. |
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Jan 1, 2005 |
460 |
| Romance at any age: a daughter's curiosity brings back a writer's long ago memories of sneaking Mama's romance novels from under the bed and urges her to write for every generation. |
Palfrey, Evelyn |
Editorial |
Jan 1, 2005 |
1470 |
| The ministry of fiction: Sharon Ewell Foster found an eager audience when she finally answered the call to write. |
Stanley, Kathryn V. |
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Jan 1, 2005 |
603 |
| Books to treasure: Kerrie Cotton Williams celebrates a literary history. |
Drakes, Sean |
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Nov 1, 2004 |
343 |
| James Baldwin's legacy: seventeen years after his death, at age 63, one of America's most influential and unsettling writers still has the authoritative voice of that fabled first ancestor. |
Depardieu, Benoit |
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Sep 1, 2004 |
763 |
| Zadie Smith's. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
26 |
| Kayla Perrin's. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
24 |
| Nina Foxx's. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
21 |
| Pamela Newkirk's. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
28 |
| Jacqueline Tobin. |
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May 1, 2004 |
48 |
| Dax Devlon-Ross's. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2004 |
23 |
| Room at the inn for writers: a D.C. bed-and-breakfast not only caters to booklovers as paying guests, but runs a free writer-in-residence program. |
Bundles, A'Lelia |
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May 1, 2004 |
1072 |
| Triple crown winner: in the hot category of urban fiction, ex-offender Victoria Stringer self-published her story and launched her successful, independent press. |
Murray, Victoria Christopher |
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May 1, 2004 |
912 |
| Celebrating love, honor and achievement: gifts for bookloving moms and dads, newlyweds and grads. |
Osborne, Gwendolyn E. |
Buyers Guide |
May 1, 2004 |
558 |
| Flying off the shelves. |
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May 1, 2004 |
692 |
| Reading Hurston writing. |
Laudun, John |
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Mar 22, 2004 |
10614 |
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