Children of the Night - The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (Paperback, 1st paperback ed)

In this landmark anthology -- the companion volume to Langston Hughes's 1967 classic, The Best Short Stories by Black Writers: 1899 - 1967 -- Gloria Naylor presents the finest African-American short stories of the last three decades. Arranged in four thematic sections -- "Remembering," "Affirming," "Revealing the Self Divided," and "Moving On" -- the thirty-seven stories included brilliantly capture the many facets of the black experience in America.

These distinguished authors are represented in Children of the Night

Maya Angelou
James Baldwin
Toni Cade Bambara
Edwidge Danticat
Samuel R. Delany
Alexis DeVeaux
Rita Dove
Ralph Ellison
Carolyn Ferrell
Thomas Glave
Jewelle Gomez
Howard Gordon
Sam Greenlee
Carolivia Herron
Kelvin Christopher James
Charles Johnson
Edward P. Jones
Randall Kenan
Jamaica Kincaid
Andrea Lee
Helen Elaine Lee
Clarence Major
Colleen McElroy
Terry McMillan
James Alan McPherson
Jess Mowry
Gloria Naylor
Diane Oliver
Ann Petry
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ntozake Shange
Joyce Carol Thomas
Alice Walker
Michael Weaver
John Edgar Wideman
Sherley Anne Williams
Shay Youngblood

Also available from Little, Brown and Company: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers: 1899 - 1967, Edited and Introduced by Langston Hughes

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General

Imprint:	Little, Brown
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1997
First published:	February 1997
Editors:	Gloria Naylor
Dimensions:	216 x 141 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	592
Edition:	1st paperback ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-59923-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	0-316-59923-9
Barcode:	9780316599238

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