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This book on the prize-winning African American playwright Ed Bullins is the first to chronicle the life and work of the man who dominated the New York theatre scene between 1968 and 1982. With his presentations of street life, Bullins transformed the Protest and Art-theatre traditions founded by W.E.B. DuBois and Alain Locke and made important contributions to black theatre. In Ed Bullins: A Literary Biography, Samuel Hay, author, theatre historian,...

During the depression a dramatic ideological conflict developed between the young intellectuals and the older generation of black writers, primarily over the issues of race and class.

Analyzes the extent to which the Harlem Renaissance was a self-defined, indigenous literary and cultural awakening and the extent of black and white influences on it. Ikonne explores selected aspects, ranging from the European rediscovery of African art at the turn of the century to the role of black literary magazines in promoting it.

Novelist Paule Marshall tells the story of her years as a fledgling young writer in the 1960s. This memoir of self-discovery also offers an affectionate tribute to Langston Hughes, who entered Marshall's life during a crucial phase and introduced her to the world of European letters during a whirlwind tour of the continent funded by the State Department. In the course of her journeys to Europe, Barbados, and eventually Africa, Marshall comes to comprehend...

Presents a collection of critical essays discussing the works of African American poets in the twentieth century.