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Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol 76 Review
These series of books can be use to find biographical information about a wide varity of authors. This particular book is good for finding information on Afro-American writers between 1940-1955. The resources found in the book include the author's writings, photos, and illustrations etc... ... Read more

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African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000 is the first and only referencework to identify and document the lives, intellectual contributions, and publications of over one hundred African American women writers in the Garden State from 1836 through 2000. Many, like Jessie Redmon Fauset, Alice Perry Johnson, Sharon Bell Mathis, Ntozake Shange, Claudia Tate, and Ruby Ora Williams, were born in the state. Others, like Gertrude Pitts, Dorothy Porter Wesley, and Helen Jackson Lee, although not born here, were residents of New Jersey for more than fifteen years, and made significant contributions during that time

This volume contains biographical and bibliographical information for each author. Also included are photographs of many writers as well as citations for published pamphlets, books, reports, and articles written by these women. To give the flavor of some writers' work, Sibyl E. Moses has provided characteristic excerpts from poetry and prose. The two appendixes demarcate the distribution of African American women writers in New Jersey both by city and town, and by genre.

By identifying the considerable output of these writers, Moses's research expands our knowledge of the literary and publishing history of New Jersey, the social and cultural history of New Jersey, and women's history. ... Read more

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The author of these sketches desires to say that they were written, not for the special student of literary biography, who is already familiar with the facts here given, but rather for those busy people who have little time for reading, yet wish to know something of the private life and personal history of their favorite authors. ... Read more

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A collection of autobiographical writings, sketches, and essays that covers the entire span of Bessie Head's creative life. ... Read more

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Forty-one Afro-American women writers are examined in this unique anthology. Ranging from recognized poets to women who were "lost" or forgotten, the vitality of their literary endeavors paved the way for modern Afro-American tradition. ... Read more