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In this volume, Lovalerie King and Shirley Moody-Turner have compiled a collection of essays that offer access to some of the most innovative contemporary black fiction while addressing important issues in current African American literary studies. Distinguished scholars Houston Baker, Trudier Harris, Darryl Dickson-Carr, and Maryemma Graham join writers and younger scholars to explore the work of Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, Trey Ellis, Paul Beatty, Mat Johnson, Kyle Baker, Danzy Senna, Nikki Turner, and many others. The collection is bracketed by a foreword by novelist and graphic arti

African Americans in literature. --- African Americans --- American literature --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- African American intellectuals --- Intellectual life. --- African American authors --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- Intellectual life --- African Americans in literature --- Literary criticism --- American --- Urban fiction [American ] --- Morrison, Toni --- Blackman, Marci --- Beatty, Paul --- Jones, Tayari --- Baker, Kyle John --- Tademy, Lalita --- Whitehead, Colson