General References for African American Literature
Andrews, William L., Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris, The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press, 1997. A must have.
Bell, Bernard, The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition. U. of Mass., 1987.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., and Nellie Y. McKay, General Editors, The Norton Anthology of African American Literature.W.W.Norton, 1997. A must have.
Richard A. Long and Eugenia Collier, Afro-American Writing: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry. Penn State Press, 1985.
Roger M. Valade III, The Essential Black Literature Guide. Visible Ink Press, 1996.
The African American Review. Information.
Slave Narratives
The African-American Mosaic An exhibit of The Library of Congress.
Old School Books A discussion and advertising forum for Norton's recent reprint series.
Writing Black From Keele University in the U.K.
African-American Women Writers from Voices From the Gaps.
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