In this thought-provoking volume, David R. Roediger has brought together some of the most important black writers throughout history to explore the question: Wh
Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the sin
Jean Toomer's Cane was advertised as a book about Negroes by a Negro, despite his request not to promote the book along such racial lines. Nella Larsen switched
Symbolising some of the author's most provocative writing, this novel captures the essence of Black life, and recognises the beauty and strength that lies withi
Recovering the lost history of a crucial era in African American literature The Indignant Generation is the first narrative history of the neglected but essenti