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This volume is a collection of essays on black short stories written between 1998 and 1976. It aims to say something about the black short story as a genre and the development of the racial situation in America as well. The primary aim is to introduce the reader to this long neglected genre of black fiction. In contrast to the black novel, the short story has hardly been given extensive criticism, let alone serious attention. The individual essays of this collection aim at presenting new points of critical orientation in the hope of reviving and fostering further discussions.

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Going to Meet the Man --- Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932. The Sheriff's Children --- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906. The Scapegoat --- Ellison, Ralph Waldo, 1914-1994. King of the Bingo Game --- Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- . A Long Day in November --- Himes, Chester, 1909-1984. A Nipper --- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. The Blues I'm Playing --- Kelley, William Melvin, 1937- . The Poker Party --- Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Fern --- Williams, John Alfred, 1925 . Son in the Afternoon --- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Fire and Cloud --- Fiction --- American literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- American fiction --- -African Americans in literature --- Short stories, American --- -Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- American short stories --- History and criticism --- African American authors --- African Americans in literature --- African Americans --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Intellectual life --- African American authors&delete& --- Baraka, Imamu Amiri --- Short stories [American ] --- 20th century --- History and criticism.