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Whatever happened to the American short story? Shivani, Anis Essay Jun 22, 2009 4516
The president's letter. Michelson, Bruce Column Apr 1, 2009 1255
African American historiography and community history preservation: a position paper. Fordham, Monroe Jan 1, 2009 594
Intransitive autobiography: Naked Lunch and the problem of personal identity. Bennett, Benjamin Sep 22, 2008 4790
A negative Utopia: protest memory and the spatio-symbolism of civil rights literature and photography. Trodd, Zoe Critical essay Mar 22, 2008 8164
Native Geography: Richard Wright's Work for the Federal Writers' Project in Chicago. Hathaway, Rosemary Essay Mar 22, 2008 4628
Holt Releases New African American Literature Text Filled with Diverse Selections Ranging from Oral Epics to Contemporary Hip Hop. Dec 18, 2007 406
Dates to circle. Calendar Nov 1, 2007 51
Soul-work: reading as a transformative pursuit. Cross, Richard K. Mar 22, 2007 4532
History by the handful. Mar 1, 2007 832
The dis-closure of Huckleberry Finn. Natura Naturata vs. Lumen Naturale, ligthing out vs. Lichtung (1). Semrau, Janusz Essay Jan 1, 2007 24697
Meanwhile, back at the crypt: new black vampire and horror tales are so sexy. Staples, Cynthia E. Sep 1, 2006 1581
Flying off the shelves. Sep 1, 2006 743
Urban lit goes legit: authors headline new ventures to bring street cred into the world of corporate publishing. Young, Earni Sep 1, 2006 2250
"The most dangerous organization in America": forty years after the founding of the Black Panther Party, new books amplify the story of courage, martyrdom and futility. Beauford, Fred Sep 1, 2006 1956
Worlds of change: the latest scholarly works for fall and winter release. Jamison, Sandra L. Sep 1, 2006 1457
Hard labor: scholars chronicle the relationship of African Americans to unions and the industrialization of America. Crum, Dana Sep 1, 2006 1279
Beloved beloved. Dodson, Angela P. Editorial Jul 1, 2006 576
The new bestsellers: titles with ready-made audiences and mega-media support are delivering new challenges and rewards to publishers. Smikle, Ken Cover story Jul 1, 2006 1917
Well, it can't hurt ... does the New York Times best-seller list matter for black books? Dawkins, Wayne Jul 1, 2006 1527
Selected titles: here are brief takes on some recent novels and nonfiction books by independent authors. Grimes, Lisa Jul 1, 2006 461
"The strangest freaks of despotism": queer sexuality in Antebellum African American slave narratives. Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah I. Critical essay Jun 22, 2006 8830
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
Nellie McKay--a memorial. Moody, Joycelyn Editorial Mar 22, 2006 20931
"The Nellie Tree," or, disbanding the Wheatley Court. Rutledge, Gregory Mar 22, 2006 15882
"A direction of one's own": alienation in Mrs. Dalloway and Sula. Fulton, Lorie Watkins Mar 22, 2006 6967
Fading to white, fading away: biracial bodies in Michelle Cliff's Abeng and Danzy Senna's Caucasia. Dagbovie, Sika Alaine Mar 22, 2006 10732
"In the glad flesh of my fear": Corporeal Inscriptions in Richard Bruce Nugent's Geisha Man. Schmidt, Tyler T. Mar 22, 2006 6654
Dominican heroines of a new era. Martinez, Elizabeth C. Mar 1, 2006 410
Dual heritage: new resources offer clues to the hidden legacy of Afro-Native American kinships. Meeks, Nia Ngina Jan 1, 2006 1377
Just the facts: reference works on African Americans are foundations of a good home library. Carter, Zakia Bibliography Jan 1, 2006 1341
Between mission and message: just how Christian is this "Christian fiction"? Sanders, Alvelyn J. Jan 1, 2006 2108
Tapping the groundwaters. Marsh, Molly Nov 1, 2005 597
BIBR's best of 2005: a roundup of the year's best books from a bumper crop of new novels by seasoned African American talents, as well as noteworthy debuts. Nov 1, 2005 1497
The city that reads together ... as "One Book" programs mushroom, so do sales for a select few African American authors. Young, Earni Nov 1, 2005 1405
Retail report--2005: Florida bookseller comes full circle, as others take off in new directions. Osborne, Gwendolyn E. Nov 1, 2005 1245
What might have been: where research ends and imagination takes over in fiction. Southgate, Martha Nov 1, 2005 1290
University presses just keep on rollin': a roundup of fall and winter releases from the halls of academia. Jamison, Sandra L. Sep 1, 2005 1254
The shape of our despair: the fiction of Joyce Carol Oates. Schilling, Timothy P. Critical Essay Jul 15, 2005 2128
Pynchon from A to V: Rocket redux; Gerald Howard on Gravity's Rainbow: Remembered, reread, reconsidered. Erickson, Steve Critical Essay Jun 22, 2005 15597
Library as a legacy: start by investing in some good books about collecting African American books. Meeks, Nia Ngina May 1, 2005 880
Philip Roth's populist Nightmare. Schweber, Matthew S. Critical Essay Jan 1, 2005 4616
Genesis Press teams with Kensington. Brief Article Nov 1, 2004 64
"Try to refrain from that desire": self-control and violent passion in Oscar Micheaux's African American Western. Johnson, Michael K. Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 11194
National socialism and blood-sacrifice in Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain. Thompson, Mark Christian Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 13695
Not entirely strange, but not entirely friendly either: images of Jews in African American passing novels through the Harlem renaissance. Meyer, Adam Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 6353
"Like a violin for the wind to play": lyrical approaches to lynching by Hughes, Du Bois, and Toomer. Banks, Kimberly Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 9182
Inverting history in Octavia Butler's postmodern slave narrative. Steinberg, Marc Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 6044
Hard-boiled black easy: genre conventions in A Red Death. Gray, W. Russel Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 5728
"Passing on" death: stealing life in Toni Morrison's Paradise. Aguiar, Sarah Appleton Critical Essay Sep 22, 2004 4294
It's urban, it's real, but is this literature? Controversy rages over a new genre whose sales are headed off the charts. Mingo, Yvette Sep 1, 2004 1892
To everything a season. Dodson, Angela P. Editorial Jul 1, 2004 612
Hot summer reads: something hot, not too heavy: sizzling selections for summer: the books everybody will be reading and talking about this summer, or at least the ones the publishers hope will catch fire. Bibliography Jul 1, 2004 3837
Writing while white ... An unprecedented number of black characters inhabit today's mainstream fiction best-seller lists, but few of them are created by black authors. Young, Earni Jul 1, 2004 1689
Atlanta's August Book Club confab: Curtis Bunn's National Book Club Conference convenes for its second year. Houser, Pat Jul 1, 2004 595
Other titles of interest. Bibliography Jul 1, 2004 169
Cultural rhythms of summer reading. Cox, William E. Editorial Jul 1, 2004 457
Known world. Brief Article May 1, 2004 37
The goings-on at the 2004 BookExpo: this year, all eyes and ears in the publishing industry will focus on Chicago, host city of BookExpo America. Green, Robin May 1, 2004 1136
America--c'est moi! Alfred Kazin on American literature. Kramer, Hilton Apr 1, 2004 2043
Domestic violence in the Harlem Renaissance: remaking the record in Nella Larsen's Passing and Toni Morrison's Jazz. Knadler, Stephen Critical Essay Mar 22, 2004 12167
"American Dream" classics for kids: the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Awards, now celebrating its 35th year, set a standard for African American literature for children. Atkins, Elizabeth Mar 1, 2004 1241
Language of assent: republican rhetoric and metaphors of national redemption in American revolutionary drama. Detsi-Diamanti, Zoe Critical Essay Jan 1, 2004 8986
Mourning, masculinity and the drama of the American revolution. Henderson, Desiree Critical Essay Jan 1, 2004 4889
The Winning of the West: Washington Irving's A Tour on the Prairies. Reynolds, Guy Critical Essay Jan 1, 2004 6340
Tramps and tourists: Europe in Mark Twain's A Tramp Abroad. Messent, Peter Critical Essay Jan 1, 2004 8940
'While I waggled my small feet': Henry James's return to Paris. Bradbury, Nicola Critical Essay Jan 1, 2004 4157
Levels of disclosure: voices and people in Henry James's Italian Hours. Collister, Peter Critical Essay Jan 1, 2004 9646
Hip-hop lit. Dodson, Angela P. Brief Article Jan 1, 2004 274
Return to romance. Brief Article Jan 1, 2004 118
The Sistah Circle Book Club[R]: an African American women's book club. Brief Article Jan 1, 2004 67
The Harlem cookbook: Recipes and Reflections from the Abyssinian Baptist Church. Brief Article Jan 1, 2004 51
Black America's popular historian: Lerone Bennett Jr. almost retired after 50 years at Ebony. Now his next five books, like his first 10 works, will have to be written after hours, too. Dawkins, Wayne Jan 1, 2004 882
Guess who's coming to a theater near you? Only a few movies adapted from books by black authors make their way to the silver screen. A handful of intriguing projects now in development are poised to beat new and diversified paths through Hollywood. Ross, Michael E. Jan 1, 2004 1403
Blair Underwood goes for the greenlight: a six-year journey to develop and star in a film based on Tananarive Due's My Soul to Keep catches fire in a partnership with an enthusiastic studio. Here's the story so far in bringing one popular black novel to the screen. McHenry, Susan Cover Story Jan 1, 2004 1686
To each, his or her own genre: five hot African American writers who are creating novels for every kind of popular taste. Davis, Bernadette Adams Jan 1, 2004 1101
Precocious kid authors: three youthful writers make their own successful way into print. Murray, Victoria Christopher Jan 1, 2004 654
Readers & writers, ink: contributors to an anthology create an alliance. Houser, Pat Jan 1, 2004 706
Black history for the young: books recommended for every age that teach about our heritage. Bibliography Jan 1, 2004 1030
Just Us Books 15th anniversary. Brief Article Jan 1, 2004 171
The African American book fair. Rust, Suzanne Jan 1, 2004 450
Dead letter office: conspiracy, trauma, and Song of Solomon's posthumous communication. Rothberg, Michael Critical Essay Dec 22, 2003 9819
"I will gladly share with them my richer heritage": schoolteachers in Frances E. W. Harper's Iola Leroy and Charles Chesnutt's Mandy Oxendine. Jackson, Cassandra Critical Essay Dec 22, 2003 9825
Rumors of Grace: white masculinity in Pauline Hopkins's contending forces. McCoy, Beth Critical Essay Dec 22, 2003 7681
Evan Shipman: friend and foil. Risch Robert Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 6247
It was all a pleasant business: the historical context of "On the Quai at Smyrna". Stewart, Matthew Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 5999
"Hills Like White Elephants": the jilting of Jig. Hashmi, Nilofer Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 5131
Hemingway's masochism, sodomy, and the, dominant woman. Fantina, Richard Critical Essay Sep 22, 2003 9046
Who commissioned: The Little Review's "in our time"? Cohen, Milton Sep 22, 2003 1812
2004 Key West Conference. Brief Article Sep 22, 2003 101
Key West conference. Curnutt, Kirk; Sinclair, Gail Sep 22, 2003 1747
Banned somewhere in the U.S.A.: many African American classics are consigned to another insidious "black list". Reynolds, Clarence V. Sep 1, 2003 808
The trials and triumphs of American literature. Fleming, Robert Sep 1, 2003 2385
Never again. Nufer, Doug Aug 1, 2003 783
Home on my mind: novels about special places in our history. (Fiction). Jul 1, 2003 2908
Baraka's bohemian blues. Gennari, John Critical Essay Jun 22, 2003 4284
Following the success of Kensington's Souls of My Sisters in 2000, Plume will publish Souls of My Brothers in September in 2003. (Deals). Jones, Mondella S. Brief Article May 1, 2003 56
Master-slave dialectics in Charles Johnson's "The Education of Mingo". Selzer, Linda Mar 22, 2003 6126
Mark Twain sites: what's past, and passing, and to come. Brief article Jan 1, 2002 99

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