Essays exploring contemporary black fiction and examining important issues in current African American literary studies. In this volume, Lovalerie King and Shir

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Reading Contemporary African American Literature focuses on the subject of contemporary African American popular fiction by women. Bragg’s study addresses why

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In Veil and Vow, Aneeka Ayanna Henderson places familiar, often politicized questions about the crisis of African American marriage in conversation with a rich