The Addison Gayle Jr. Reader
- ISBN-10
- 0252034082
- ISBN-13
- 9780252034084
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Addison Gayle
Description
A representative selection of Addison Gayle Jr.'s crucial work on Black aesthetics and Black literature
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