African American Writers: Portraits and Visions

African American Writers: Portraits and Visions
ISBN-10
1578062586
ISBN-13
9781578062584
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
122
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Univ. Press of Mississippi
Author
Lynda Koolish

Description

Offers photographs of notable African American writers including Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, Jamaica Kincaid, Maya Angelou, Ernest J. Gaines, Toni Morrison, Angela Y. Davis, and Samuel R. Delany.

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