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PROSE


Giveadamn Chester Himes
The Mysterious Walter Mosley
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker

Richard Wright
Samuel Delany Page: One of the best American writers of the past 30 years is unknown to readers of popular fiction.
Ishmael Reed Page: With poor thinking, some readers of this profound novelist confuse what he supports with that he eschews. The critics consider him one of the best American authors, white or black.
Xenogesis patterns of Octavia Butler: lovers of science fiction, especially women may enjoy her.
Black literary

The Egyptian Book of the Dead the complete text

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POETRY

The African American Phat Poetry Book - over 100 works of 20 of the best poets.
The Last Poet pages
Rita Dove page, from the Circle Brotherhood Association, has 13 of her poems plus an interview, her biography and bibliography.
Lucille Clifton page, from the Circle Brotherhood Association, has 26 of her poems plus biography and bibliography.
Gwendolyn Brooks page, from the Circle Brotherhood Association, has 14 of her poems plus biography and bibliography
Paul Laurence Dunbar, from the Circle Brotherhood Association, - an attempt to put all of the poetry of the first nationally known African American poet on the web
The Jean Toomer pages - an extensive two page biography on the writer who began the Harlem Renaissance in literature, a page of poems, a page of short stories, a photo page, a bibliography page
amiri baraka / leroi jones, major figure in poetry for 40 years
mari evans poet page
langston hughes from the harlem renaissance
june jordan poet page
claud mckay poet page
nikki giovanni, major figure in poetry for 30 years
countee cullen pre-harlem renaissance
sonia sanchez poet page
Maya Angelou Page, from the Circle Brotherhood Association, has 18 of her poems plus biography and bibliography
arna bontemps from the harlem renaissance
gloria wade gayles poet page
georgia douglas johnson poet page
audre lorde, significant force in the lesbian movement
eugene b. redmond poet page
ntozake shange poet page
derek walcott, got the Nobel Prize for poetry in 1992
ishmael reed, major author.
haki madhuti / don lee, major figure in poetry for 30 years
helene johnson poet page
Some African American Poetry

The Poetry of Marcus Garvey
Poetry by African American Youth
African American Poetry Data Base
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library at Wright State University - the largest collection of materials on the poet


NON-FICTION

Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery
Black History and Literature
Harlem Renaissance Links
The Children's Literature Page features an anthology of picture books for African American children. The site includes books by new authors as well as known authors such as Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes.

UNCLASSIFIED

Wazup wit' Dick Gregory
YAHOO sites:
African American Literature and POETRY
AMAZON.COM: Black Studies and Literature
African and Afro-American Media Booklist
BlackUSA: An African American Book Source
Common Boundaries - contemporary writers
New Beacon Books

Righton Magazine
Vibe Magazine

ESSENCE MAGAZINE
Native American Authors
Nathaniel Gadsden's Writer's Wordshop, a nonprofit organization who's goal is to develop, promote and publish talented writers who traditionally have had to overcome cultural, racial and economic barriers to publication and acceptance in mainstream literary circles.

THE FAT AFRICAN AMERICAN LIBRARY books and links to writer's pages
African American literature

Harlem Renaissance bibliography
Multicultural Writers Group Home Page is an on-line writers group for people interested in multicultural writing

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