The New York Times – T Magazine:
A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.
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The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know
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Ai (1947-2010), Baraka, Amiri, Black People, Books and Literature, Brooks, Gwendolyn, Cooper, J California (1932-2014), Culture, Demby, William (1922-2013), Hairston, Andrea (1952- ), Hansberry, Lorraine, Himes, Chester, Kaufman, Bob, McPherson, James Alan, Poetry and Poets, Reed, Ishmael, Spence, Eulalie (1894-1981), Theater, Toomer, Jean, Writing and Writers