These books offer two approaches to the life and work of Wheatley, who is a cornerstone figure of the U.S. and African American literary traditions.
A new biography captures a poet’s commitments, reversals, and reinventions.
A new biography of the pioneering African American dramatist and intellectual.
Himes was a pivotal and versatile post WW II-era American novelist whose work influenced several generations of African American and other writers. A new biography of the novelist is drawing national attention.
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