![]() ![]() African American writers, whether born in Idaho, New York, and Massachusetts, or Alabama and Georgia, do not seem to be able to claim themselves as African American writers until they have allowed the South to dominate their imaginations. Jones, Tayari Jones, William Melvin Kelley, Randall Kenan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Toni Morrison, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Alice Walker, Margaret Walker, Richard Wright, and a host of others imaginatively engage the South in fiction, drama, poetry, and essays. 1 Writers as diverse as James Baldwin, Edward P. A careful perusal of African American literature reveals that most of the writers include representations of southern U.S. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |