African-American literature

among metaphorical / doors, coffee cups float- ing poised / hysterias.. .” (29–31). Conceptually, segregation (“doors”) becomes ...

Jedgement Day is exemplary among Pawley’s one-act plays. Zeke Porter does not share the reli- gious zeal of his wife, Minerva, w ...

tradition and are distinguished by the speech pat- terns of the narrators. In “The Lesson,” “My Man Bovanne,” and the title stor ...

Peterson, Louis Stamford, Jr. (1922–1998) A pioneer in the film industry, Louis Peterson was a playwright, screenwriter, actor, ...

from Baltimore, Maryland. Although his family’s background is not well known, he is thought to be the son and grandson of native ...

Mantle Yearbook. He also received an Emmy nom- ination for Joey (1956) and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award, as a pioneer ...

of whatever rank or distinction, might with you equally enjoy the blessings thereof.” (Ban- neker, 51) Banneker unabashedly info ...

Although in the 1950s Petry gained some criti- cal attention, following seminal essays by Afri- can-American feminist critics su ...

off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York City. Eventually made into a film, this play, through its main characters, C ...

who play and control the numbers and who are heroin dealers and addicts trying to kick their habits. In his novels, The Book of ...

the City University of New York. He has held teach- ing positions at various universities, including the New School for Social R ...

O’Brien, John, and Raman K. Singh. “Interview with Robert Deane Pharr.” Negro American Literature Forum 8 (Fall 1974): 244–246. ...

Barksdale is also the author of Langston Hughes: The Poet and His Critics (1977) and his swan-song collection of selected essays ...

a new African-American voice in gay and lesbian writing. Phillips goes beyond his classical roots to address gender, race, and m ...

particularly its celebration of the African-Ameri- can community, black family, history, culture, and black masculinity. However ...

Polite, Carlene Hatcher (1932– ) One of the most original and, until recently, least- read major writers of her generation, Carl ...

he is what it is. The recipient of numerous awards, Barlow has a wife, Barbara, and two children, Erin and Mark. Barlow is a mem ...

and inspired a new genre of literature and deter- mined how mainstream America views hip-hop culture. A journalist, poet, hip-ho ...

for example, who praises Beatty’s “extraordinary eye for detail,” suggests that Beatty follow the path “paved by his predecessor ...

physically and psychologically abusive marriage, commits adultery and gives birth to Peppy, a love child. Afraid her husband, Wa ...