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Defining ourselves : Black writers in the 90s / edited by Elizabeth Nunez and Brenda M. Greene.

Title: Defining ourselves : Black writers in the 90s / edited by Elizabeth Nunez and Brenda M. Greene.
Publication: New York : P. Lang, c1999.

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x, 250 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Defining Ourselves offers perspectives on black literature in the 1990s by twenty-nine black writers and critics, including Paule Marshall, Amiri Baraka, John A. Williams, Ishmael Reed, Walter Mosley, Marita Golden, Thulani Davis, Jill Nelson, Arthur Flowers, Lorna Goodison, Bebe Moore Campbell, Brent Staples, Terry McMillan, Stanley Crouch, Houston A. Baker Jr., Barbara Christian, Karla FC Holloway, and William W. Cook. The essays in this book are based on papers presented at the Fourth National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, which focused on the question of whether or not black literature in the 90s is experiencing a renaissance to end all renaissances. In addition to this topic, this book addresses the issues of the universality of black literature, the changing tastes and concerns of black readers, and the politics of publishing"--African American Literature Book Club website, viewed September 5, 2023.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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committed to retain

Contents

The National Black Writers Conference: Introduction / Elizabeth Nunez -- Opening Address: No Renaissance Without Our Editors and Publishers / Walter Mosley -- Keynote Address: The Role of the Writer in Establishing a Unified Writers Organization / Amiri Baraka -- Keynote Address: Black Literature in the '90s: The Past as Prologue to "The New Wave" / Paule Marshall -- Panel A1: Choosing Exile: Black Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement -- Foreword / Carlyle V. Thompson. Exile: Taking Apart and Finding the Word / Houston A. Baker, Jr. The Dubious Ecstasy of Exile / John A. Williams. Choosing Exile: African Americans in Russia / Yelena Khanga. Of Exiles and Renaissances / Eugene Redmond.

ISBN

0820442615 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98043060^

OCLC

39800744
SCSB-10556516

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Harvard Library