Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much of his popular work in his lifetime used a Negro dialect, which helped him become one of the first nationally-accepted African American writers. Much of his writin... Read more...
Audre Lorde Audrey Geraldine Lorde was a Caribbean-American writer, poet and activist. Lorde's poetry was published very regularly during the 1960s — in Langston Hughes' 1962 New Negro Poets, USA; in several foreign anthologies; and in black literary magazines. During this time, she wa... Read more...
Cornel West Cornel West is a philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. West is a 1973 graduate of Harvard University and today he is a Professor at Union Theological Seminary, where he will teach Religious Philoso... Read more...
Ishmael Reed Ishmael Reed is a poet, essayist, and novelist. A prominent African-American literary figure, Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and highlighting political and cultural oppression. Reed has been described as one of the most controversial ... Read more...
Nella Larsen Nella Larsen was a novelist of the Harlem Renaissance. She published two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, she nevertheless earned recognition by her contemporaries and by present-day critics. Some of Larsen’s works include Quicksand,... Read more...