Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Contemporary African American fiction Contemporary African American fiction Butler, Robert 163 p. ; 25 cm OL1846513W
African American mystery writers African American mystery writers Frankie Y. Bailey "This book examines works of African American mystery writers within the social and historical contexts of African American literature on crime and justice. Chapters cover the movement by Black autho… OL1957003W
Pimping fictions Pimping fictions Justin Gifford Gifford provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperbacks written by Chester Himes, Donald Goines, and Iceberg Slim (aka Robert Beck), among many others. He draws from an impressiv… OL19662495W
Black male fiction and the legacy of Caliban Black male fiction and the legacy of Caliban Coleman, James W. "Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban is the first book to analyze a substantial body of black male fiction from a central perspective. Coleman analyzes the modern and postmodern novels of Jo… OL4647525W
African American satire African American satire Darryl Dickson-Carr "Satire's real purpose as a literary genre is to criticize through humor, irony, caricature, and parody, and ultimately to defy the status quo. In African American Satire, Darryl Dickson-Carr provide… OL5846178W
Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction Spiritual, blues, and jazz people in African American fiction A. Yemisi Jimoh "In this book, A. Yemisi Jimoh demonstrates the critical influence of music on the fiction of various twentieth-century African American writers. Exploring novels and short stories by Toni Morrison, … OL6208711W