In the following essay, Hamer and Hamer trace the development of African American women's short fiction from the nineteenth century to the present.
We are the subjects of our own narrative, ...
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In the following essay, Baum reflects on the politico-feminist aspects of Zora Neale Hurston's work, drawing parallels with other black female writers such as Nella Larson, Alice Walker, and To...
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In the following essay, Sanders maintains that the main thematic concerns of M. Nourbese Philip's “Stop Frame” are “memory and history and, in part, the relation of what ha...
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In the following essay, Welsh cogitates Pauline Melville's particular status as a Guyanese of mixed-race ancestry through a theoretically informed examination of her collection of stories, Shap...
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In the following essay, N'Zengou-Tayo investigates how Edwidge Danticat utilizes traditional Haitian stories and beliefs in her work.
In the last pages of Breath, Eyes, Memory, Edwidge Danti...
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In the following introduction, excerpted from a short story anthology by writers of African descent, Rowell reflects on the difficulty in choosing a title for this collection, noting that finding comm...
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In the following essay, Braziel asserts that Jamaica Kincaid's utilization of Obeah, a Caribbean diasporic religion, in “In the Night” “is linked to contemporary Caribbean ...
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In the following essay, Mullen points to the prevalence of racial stereotypes in short fiction during the 1930s and 1940s, and then traces the transformation of the genre by such authors as Chester Hi...
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In the following essay, Solard provides an analysis of “Blood Burning Moon,” citing the story as an example of Toomer's point of view regarding race relations and spirituality.
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The Chicago Host Committee for the 2006 National Hip Hop Political Convention will present the "This is Hip Hop Pavillion and Soundstage" during the festival, which runs from September 2-5 in Washi...
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Critical Essay by Judith A. Hamer and Martin J. Hamer
Hip Hop Takes Over Chicago's Arts Festival
