Ralph Ellison (1913-1994) was a Black author known for writing “Invisible Man,” the 1953 National Book Award winner and an influential work in American literature. Like much of Ellison’s ...

Baldwin's novels—"If Beale Street Could Talk," "Go Tell It On the Mountain," "Giovanni's Room," and more—have defined modern American literature and Black history alike. Books like Baldwin's ...

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“There’s a weird dichotomy that happens, where you can have people who are black Jewish authors, but they are never considered part of Jewish American literature,” Rishon said. “James ...

Daphne Lamothe is a literary and cultural studies scholar with research and teaching interests in African American, Afro-Caribbean and Black migration and transnational literatures. She holds a ...