Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (Two Volumes)

Alphabetically Arranged Entries Discuss The Lives, Works, And Critical Reception Of More Than 150 African American Women Writers. African American Women Writers Published Extensively During The Harlem Renaissance And Have Been Extraordinarily Prolific Since The 1970s. This Book Surveys The World Of African American Women Writers. Included Are Alphabetically Arranged Entries On More Than 150 Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Fiction Writers, Autobiographers, Essayists, And Influential Scholars. The Encyclopedia Covers Established Contemporary Authors Such As Toni Morrison And Gloria Naylor, Along With A Range Of Neglected And Emerging Figures. Each Entry Is Written By An Expert Contributor And Provides A Brief Biography, A Discussion Of Major Works, A Survey Of The Author's Critical Reception, And Primary And Secondary Bibliographies.^ Literature Students Will Value This Book For Its Exploration Of African American Literature, While Social Studies Students Will Appreciate Its Examination Of Social Issues Through Literature. African American Women Writers Have Made An Enormous Contribution To Our Culture. Many Of These Authors Wrote During The Harlem Renaissance, A Particularly Vital Time In African American Arts And Letters, While Others Have Been Especially Active Since The 1970s, An Era In Which Works By African American Women Are Adapted Into Films And Are Widely Read In Book Clubs. Literature By African American Women Is Important For Its Aesthetic Qualities, And It Also Illuminates The Social Issues Which These Authors Have Confronted. This Book Conveniently Surveys The Lives And Works Of African American Women Writers. Included Are Alphabetically Arranged Entries On More Than 150 African American Women Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Fiction Writers, Autobiographers, Essayists, And Influential Scholars.^ Some Of These Figures, Such As Toni Morrison And Gloria Naylor, Are Among The Most Popular Authors Writing Today, While Others Have Been Largely Neglected Or Are Recently Emerging. Each Entry Provides A Biography, A Discussion Of Major Works, A Survey Of The Writer's Critical Reception, And Primary And Secondary Bibliographies. The Encyclopedia Closes With A Selected, General Bibliography. Students And General Readers Will Welcome This Guide To The Rich Achievement Of African American Women. Literature Students Will Value Its Exploration Of The Works Of These Writers, While Social Studies Students Will Appreciate Its Examination Of The Social Issues These Women Confront In Their Works.--publisher's Website. African American Women Writers Published Extensively During The Harlem Ranaissance And Have Been Extraordinarily Prolific Since The 1970s. This Book Surveys The World Of African American Women Writers. Included Are Alphabetically Arranged Entries On More Than 150 Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Fiction Writers, Autobiographers, Essayists, And Influential Scholars. The Encyclopedia Covers Established Contemporary Authors Such As Toni Morrison And Gloria Naylor, Along With A Range Of Neglected And Emerging Figures. Each Entry Is Written By An Expert Contributor And Provides A Brief Biography, A Discussion Of Major Works, A Survey Of The Author's Critical Reception, And Primary And Secondary Bibliographies. Literature Students Will Value This Book For Its Exploration Of African American Literature, While Social Studies Students Will Appreciate Its Examination Of Social Issues Through Literature. --publisher's Description. V. 1. Elizabeth Laura Adams (1909-1982) / Hermine Pinson -- Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert (1853-1889) / Iva Balic -- Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen (?-?) / Elizabeth Marsden -- Mignon Holland Anderson (1945- ) / Teresa Clark Caruso -- Maya Angelou (1928- ) / Joi Carr -- Tina Mcelroy Ansa (1949- ) / Tarshia L. Stanley -- Doris Jean Austin (1949-1994) / Imani Lillie B. Fryar -- Nikki Baker (1962- ) / Kimberly Downing Braddock -- Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) / Rochelle Spencer -- Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) / Sue E. Barker -- Marita Bonner (1898-1971) / Sophie Blanch -- Candy Dawson Boyd (1946- ) / Bennie P. Robinson -- Joanne Braxton (1950- ) / Tanya N. Clark -- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) / Bridget Harris Tsemo -- Linda Beatrice Brown (1939- ) / Teresa Clark Caruso -- Annie Louise Burton (1858-1910) / Gabriel A. Briggs -- Olivia Ward Bush-banks (1869-1944) / Susan M. Stone -- Octavia Butler (1947-2006) / Keren Omry. Jeannette Franklin Caines (1938-2004) / Eric Sterling -- Bebe Moore Campbell (1950- ) / Tenille Brown -- Barbara Chase-riboud (1939- ) / Ginette Curry -- Alice Childress (1916-1994) / Carol Bunch Davis -- Barbara T. Christian (1943-2000) / Sharon L. Barnes -- Pearl T. Cleage (1948- ) / Adrienne Cassel -- Michelle Cliff (1946- ) / Lopamudra Basu -- Lucille Clifton (1936- ) / Patricia Kennedy Bostian -- Wanda Coleman (1946- ) / Terri Jackson Wallace -- Eugenia W. Collier (1928- ) / T. Jasmine Dawson -- Kathleen Conwell Collins (1942-1988) / Chandra Tyler Mountain -- Anna Julia Hayward Cooper (1858-1964) / Gloria A. Shearin -- J. California Cooper (?- ) / Adrienne Carthon -- Jayne Cortez (1936- ) / Ruth Blandón -- Margaret Esse Danner (1910-1984) / Claire Taft -- Edwidge Danticat (1969- ) / Jana Evans Braziel -- Doris Davenport (1949- ) / Denise R. Shaw -- Angela Y. Davis (1944- ) / Deirdre Osborne -- Lucy Delaney (1830-1890) / Dave Yost -- Toi(nette) Marie Derricotte (1941- ) / Karen S. Sloan. Alexis De Veaux (1948- ) / Bennie P. Robinson -- Edwina Streeter Dixon (1907-2002) / Kevin L. Cole And Katherine Madison -- Rita Dove (1952- ) / Laura Madeline Wiseman -- Kate Drumgoold (1858?-1898) / Karen S. Sloan -- Shirley Graham Dubois (1896-1977) / Rebecca Walsh -- Alice Dunbar-nelson (1875-1935) / Denisa E. Chatman-riley -- Grace Edwards-yearwood (1934?- ) / Jasmin J. Vann -- Zilpha Elaw (1790?-1846?) / Nancy Kang -- Mari Evans (1923- ) / Jessica Allen -- Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979) / Richard A. Iadonisi -- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) / Joy R. Myree-mainor -- Carolyn Ferrell (1962- ) / Alex Feerst -- Julia Fields (1938- ) / Jacqueline Imani Bryant -- Julia A.j. Foote (1823-1900) / Ann Beebe -- Patrice Gaines (1949- ) / Amanda J. Davis -- Patricia Joann Gibson (1951- ) / Sarah Estes Graham -- Mercedes Gilbert (1889-1952) / Marlo David Azikwe -- Nikki Giovanni (1943- ) / Jane M. Barstow -- Marita Golden (1950- ) / Damaris Hill. Jewelle Gomez (1948- ) / Josie A. Brown-rose -- Eloise Greenfield (1929- ) / Elissa Gershowitz -- Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958) / Gloria A. Shearin -- Rosa Guy (1925- ) / Julie Ellam -- Beverly Guy-sheftall (1946- ) / Lynnell Thomas -- Madame Emma Azalia Smith Hackley (1867-1922) / Lisa Pertillar Brevard -- Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) / Myisha Priest -- Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) / Kelly O. Secovnie -- Joyce Hansen (1942- ) / Dorsia Smith -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) / Valerie Palmer-mehta -- Juanita Harrison (1887-19??) / Sarah Boslaugh -- Safiya Henderson-holmes (1950-2001) / Shamika Ann Mitchell -- Carolivia Herron (1947- ) / Rachelle D. Washington -- Frenchy Jolene Hodges (1940- ) / Katarzyna Iwona Jakubiak -- Bell Hooks (1952- ) / Peggy J. Huey -- Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (sara A. Allen) (1859-1930) / Jeehyun Lim -- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) / Warren J. Carson -- Angela Jackson (1951- ) / Judy Massey Dozier -- Elaine Jackson (1943- ) / Raymond Janifer -- Mae Jackson (1946- ) / Heather Hoffman Jordan -- Mattie Jane Jackson (1843-?) / Tabitha Adams Morgan. Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795-1871) / Joshunda Sanders -- Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) / Mary Mccartin Wearn -- Amelia E. Johnson (1858-1922) / Sathyaraj Venkatesan -- Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877-1966) / Maria J. Rice -- Helen Johnson (1906-1995) / Wendy Wagner -- Gayl Jones (1949- ) / Helen Doss -- June Jordan (1936-2002) / Roy Pérez -- Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) / Regina V. Jones -- Adrienne Kennedy (1931- ) / Nita N. Kumar -- Jamaica Kincaid (1949- ) / Maria Mikolchak. V. 2 -- Pinkie Gordon Lane (1923- ) / Julia Marek Ponce -- Nella Larsen (1891-1964) / Frank A. Salamone -- Kristin Hunter Lattany (1931- ) / David M. Jones -- Andrea Lee (1953- ) / Barbara Boswell -- Helene Elaine Lee (1959- ) / Lena Marie Ampadu -- Jarena Lee (1783?- ) / Christopher J. Anderson -- Audre Geraldine Lorde (1934-1992) / Heejung Cha -- Naomi Long Madgett (1923- ) / Shayla Hawkins -- Paule Marshall (1929- ) / Kalenda C. Eaton -- Sharon Bell Mathis (1937- ) / Loretta G. Woodard -- Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1898) / Heidi Stauffer -- Colleen J. Mcelroy (1935- ) / Roxane Gay -- Patricia Mckissack (1944- ) / Rebecca Feind -- Terry Mcmillan (1951- ) / Yolanda Williams Page -- Louise Meriwether (1923- ) / Bridgitte Arnold -- May Miller (1899-1995) / Miranda A. Green-barteet -- Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920- ) / Rebecca Feind -- Mary Monroe (1949- ) / Freda Fuller Coursey -- Anne Moody (1940- ) / Meta Michond Cooper -- Opal J. Moore (1953- ) / Kellie D. Weiss -- Toni Morrison (1931- ) / Deborah M. Wolf -- Gertrude Bustill Mossell (1855-1948) / Amanda Wray -- Harryette Mullen (1953- ) / Ordner W. Taylor, Iii -- Beatrice Murphy (1908-1992) / Judy L. Isaksen. Pauli Murray (1910-1985) / Christina G. Bucher -- Gloria Naylor (1950- ) / Pratibha Kelapure -- Barbara Neely (1941- ) / A. Mary Murphy -- Diane Oliver (1943-1966) / Joseph A. Alvarez -- Brenda Marie Osbey (1957- ) / Trimiko C. Melancon -- Pat Parker (1944-1989) / Linda Garber -- Suzan-lori Parks (1964- ) / Marla Dean -- Ann Petry (1908-1997) / Yolanda Williams Page -- Ann Plato (1820?-1860) / Tinola N. Mayfield -- Connie Porter (1959- ) / Tamra E. Dibenedetto -- Eliza Potter (1820-?) / Karen C. Summers -- Mary Prince (1788-?) / Babacar M'baye -- Nancy Prince (1799-?) / Dave Yost -- Aishah Rahman (1939- ) / Joan Mccarty -- Alice Randall (1959- ) / Louis M. Palmer, Iii -- Henrietta Cordelia Ray (1849-1916) / Megan K. Ahern -- Jewell Parker Rhodes (?- ) / Tatia Jacobson Jordan -- Carolyn Marie Rodgers (1943- ) / Adenike Marie Davidson -- Mona Lisa Saloy (1950- ) / Delicia Dena Daniels -- Sonia Sanchez (1934- ) / Ben Fisler -- Dori Sanders (1934- ) / Chandra Wells -- Mary Seacole (1805-1881) / Nanette Morton. Fatima Shaik (1952- ) / Sharon T. Silverman -- Ntozake Shange (1948- ) / Cammie M. Sublette -- Ann Allen Shockley (1927- ) / Adriane Bezusko -- Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915) / Mary G. De Jong -- Anna Deavere Smith (1950- ) / Yolanda Williams Page -- Ellease Southerland (1943- ) / Kate Falvey -- Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) / Rhondda Robinson Thomas -- Barbara Summers (1944- ) / Firouzeh Dianat -- Ellen Tarry (1906- ) / Kevin Hogg -- Claudia Tate (1946-2002) / Angela Shaw-thornburg -- Mildred D. Taylor (1943- ) / Shawntaye M. Scott -- Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) / Laura Gimeno Pahissa -- Lisa Teasley (1962- ) / Jeremy Griggs -- Lucy Terry (1730-1812) / Debbie Clare Olson -- Joyce Carol Thomas (1938- ) / Elizabeth Malia -- Era Bell Thompson (1905-1986) / Kevin L. Cole -- Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman (1870-?) / Gerri Reaves -- Ruth D. Todd (1878?-?) / Amy L. Blair -- Mary Elizabeth Vroman (1925-1967) / Jean Forst -- Gloria Wade-gayles (1938- ) / Cameron Christine Clark -- Alice Walker (1944- ) / Su-lin Yu -- Margaret Walker (1915-1998) / Aimable Twagilimana -- Mildred Pitts Walter (1922- ) / Gerardo Del Guercio -- Marilyn Nelson Waniek (1946- ) / Jacob Nelson Wilkenfeld -- Ida B. Wells-barnett (1862-1931) / Joy M. Leighton -- Dorothy West (1907-1988) / Pearlie Mae Peters. Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) / Pratibha Kelapure -- Paulette Childress White (1948- ) / Jessica Margaret Brophy -- Brenda Wilkinson (1946- ) / Tamara Zaneta Hollins -- Fannie Barrier Williams (1855-1944) / Ted Morrissey -- Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999) / Gretchen Michlitsch -- Harriet E. Wilson (1828?-1863?) / Katie Rose Guest -- Sarah Elizabeth Wright (1928-?) / Althea Rhodes -- Shay Youngblood (1959- ) / Samira C. Franklin -- Appendix : List Of Awards And Authors. Edited By Yolanda Williams Page. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. --Volume One-- Title Page......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 7 PREFACE......Page 13 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS......Page 19 ELIZABETH LAURA ADAMS......Page 21 OCTAVIA VICTORIA ROGERS ALBERT......Page 27 CLARISSA MINNIE THOMPSON ALLEN......Page 29 MIGNON HOLLAND ANDERSON......Page 31 MAYA ANGELOU......Page 33 TINA MCELROY ANSA......Page 39 DORIS JEAN AUSTIN......Page 43 NIKKI BAKER......Page 46 TONI CADE BAMBARA......Page 48 GWENDOLYN BENNETT......Page 55 MARITA BONNER......Page 59 CANDY DAWSON BOYD......Page 63 JOANNE BRAXTON......Page 66 GWENDOLYN BROOKS......Page 69 LINDA BEATRICE BROWN......Page 76 ANNIE LOUISE BURTON......Page 79 OLIVIA WARD BUSH-BANKS......Page 81 OCTAVIA BUTLER......Page 84 JEANNETTE FRANKLIN CAINES......Page 91 BEBE MOORE CAMPBELL......Page 94 BARBARA CHASE-RIBOUD......Page 96 ALICE CHILDRESS......Page 99 BARBARA T. CHRISTIAN......Page 105 PEARL T. CLEAGE......Page 108 MICHELLE CLIFF......Page 112 LUCILLE CLIFTON......Page 114 WANDA COLEMAN......Page 121 EUGENIA W. COLLIER......Page 123 KATHLEEN CONWELL COLLINS......Page 126 ANNA JULIA HAYWARD COOPER......Page 132 J. CALIFORNIA COOPER......Page 136 JAYNE CORTEZ......Page 141 MARGARET ESSE DANNER......Page 147 EDWIDGE DANTICAT......Page 152 DORIS DAVENPORT......Page 161 ANGELA Y. DAVIS......Page 165 LUCY DELANEY......Page 169 TOI(NETTE) MARIE DERRICOTTE......Page 171 ALEXIS DE VEAUX......Page 175 EDWINA STREETER DIXON......Page 181 RITA DOVE......Page 183 KATE DRUMGOOLD......Page 189 SHIRLEY GRAHAM DUBOIS......Page 191 ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON......Page 194 GRACE EDWARDS-YEARWOOD......Page 200 ZILPHA ELAW......Page 202 MARI EVANS......Page 206 SARAH WEBSTER FABIO......Page 211 JESSIE REDMON FAUSET......Page 213 CAROLYN FERRELL......Page 220 JULIA FIELDS......Page 222 JULIA A. J. FOOTE......Page 224 PATRICE GAINES......Page 227 PATRICIA JOANN GIBSON......Page 229 MERCEDES GILBERT......Page 231 NIKKI GIOVANNI......Page 233 MARITA GOLDEN......Page 238 JEWELLE GOMEZ......Page 243 ELOISE GREENFIELD......Page 247 ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE......Page 249 ROSA GUY......Page 255 BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL......Page 257 MADAME EMMA AZALIASMITH HACKLEY......Page 261 VIRGINIA HAMILTON......Page 264 LORRAINE HANSBERRY......Page 271 JOYCE HANSEN......Page 279 FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER......Page 281 JUANITA HARRISON......Page 284 SAFIYA HENDERSON-HOLMES......Page 286 CAROLIVIA HERRON......Page 288 FRENCHY JOLENE HODGES......Page 291 BELL HOOKS......Page 293 PAULINE ELIZABETH HOPKINS......Page 298 ZORA NEALE HURSTON......Page 303 ANGELA JACKSON......Page 312 ELAINE JACKSON......Page 316 MAE JACKSON......Page 319 MATTIE JANE JACKSON......Page 321 REBECCA COX JACKSON......Page 323 HARRIET ANN JACOBS......Page 325 AMELIA E. JOHNSON......Page 329 GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON......Page 332 HELEN JOHNSON......Page 337 GAYL JONES......Page 341 JUNE JORDAN......Page 346 ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY......Page 351 ADRIENNE KENNEDY......Page 354 JAMAICA KINCAID......Page 361 --Volume Two-- Title Page......Page 367 CONTENTS......Page 373 PREFACE......Page 379 LIST OF AUTHORS BY GENRE......Page 381 PINKIE GORDON LANE......Page 387 NELLA LARSEN......Page 390 KRISTIN HUNTER LATTANY......Page 395 ANDREA LEE......Page 400 HELEN ELAINE LEE......Page 404 JARENA LEE......Page 406 AUDRE GERALDINE LORDE......Page 409 NAOMI LONG MADGETT......Page 417 PAULE MARSHALL......Page 422 SHARON BELL MATHIS......Page 428 VICTORIA EARLE MATTHEWS......Page 431 COLLEEN J. MCELROY......Page 433 PATRICIA MCKISSACK......Page 437 TERRY MCMILLAN......Page 439 LOUISE MERIWETHER......Page 442 MAY MILLER......Page 446 ARTHENIA J. BATES MILLICAN......Page 451 MARY MONROE......Page 453 ANNE MOODY......Page 456 OPAL J. MOORE......Page 460 TONI MORRISON......Page 463 GERTRUDE BUSTILL MOSSELL......Page 474 BEATRICE MURPHY......Page 479 PAULI MURRAY......Page 481 GLORIA NAYLOR......Page 484 BARBARA NEELY......Page 489 DIANE OLIVER......Page 491 BRENDA MARIE OSBEY......Page 493 PAT PARKER......Page 497 SUZAN-LORI PARKS......Page 499 ANN PETRY......Page 505 ANN PLATO......Page 508 CONNIE PORTER......Page 510 ELIZA POTTER......Page 512 MARY PRINCE......Page 514 NANCY PRINCE......Page 517 AISHAH RAHMAN......Page 520 ALICE RANDALL......Page 523 HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY......Page 526 JEWELL PARKER RHODES......Page 528 CAROLYN MARIE RODGERS......Page 533 MONA LISA SALOY......Page 535 SONIA SANCHEZ......Page 537 DORI SANDERS......Page 543 MARY SEACOLE......Page 548 FATIMA SHAIK......Page 551 NTOZAKE SHANGE......Page 554 ANN ALLEN SHOCKLEY......Page 562 AMANDA BERRY SMITH......Page 567 ANNA DEAVERE SMITH......Page 569 ELLEASE SOUTHERLAND......Page 572 MARIA W. STEWART......Page 576 BARBARA SUMMERS......Page 580 ELLEN TARRY......Page 582 CLAUDIA TATE......Page 584 MILDRED D. TAYLOR......Page 587 SUSIE KING TAYLOR......Page 590 LISA TEASLEY......Page 592 LUCY TERRY......Page 594 JOYCE CAROL THOMAS......Page 596 ERA BELL THOMPSON......Page 601 KATHERINE DAVIS CHAPMAN TILLMAN......Page 603 RUTH D. TODD......Page 607 MARY ELIZABETH VROMAN......Page 609 GLORIA WADE-GAYLES......Page 612 ALICE WALKER......Page 618 MARGARET WALKER......Page 629 MILDRED PITTS WALTER......Page 635 MARILYN NELSON WANIEK......Page 638 IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT......Page 641 DOROTHY WEST......Page 646 PHILLIS WHEATLEY......Page 650 PAULETTE CHILDRESS WHITE......Page 654 BRENDA WILKINSON......Page 656 FANNIE BARRIER WILLIAMS......Page 660 SHERLEY ANNE WILLIAMS......Page 664 HARRIET E. WILSON......Page 669 SARAH ELIZABETH WRIGHT......Page 673 SHAY YOUNGBLOOD......Page 676 APPENDIX: LIST OF AWARDS AND AUTHORS......Page 681 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS......Page 687 INDEX......Page 693 ABOUT THE EDITOR AND THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 705