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03243aam a2200361 i 4500 001 EDA78E94B8C711EDA131FBB437ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230302010033 008 220213s2022 nyua bde 001 0ceng d 020 $a 9781637001653 020 $a 1637001657 020 $a 1637007094 020 $a 9781637007099 020 $a 1637007086 020 $a 9781637007082 035 $a (OCoLC)1296530208 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d ICV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 245 00 $a Encyclopedia of African-American writing / $c editors, Laura Nicosia, Ph.D, James F. Nicosia, Ph.D. 250 $a Fourth edition, completely revised. 264 1 $a Amenia, NY : $b Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc., Grey House Publishing, $c [2022] 300 $a 2 volumes (xxiii, 1277 pages) : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 500 $a First edition published as: African-American writers : a dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2000. 500 $a "Appendix A: Chronology of writers by birthdate ; Appendix B: Chronology of firsts ; Appendix D: Writers by genre ; Appendix E: Writers by occupation ; Appendix F: Bibliography." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Volume 1: Prominent figures in African-American writing and leadership: A-Q -- Volume 2: Prominent figures in African-American writing and leadership: R-Z; Prominent organizations and publications; Prominent concepts and movements; Primary documents; Appendixes; Subject index. 520 $a "A timely survey of an important sector of American letters, this fourth edition of The encyclopedia of African-American writing highlights the role and influence of African-American cultural leaders, from all walks of life, from the 17th century to the present. The text takes readers on a journey to learn about what inspired various African-American writers to create poems, plays, short stories, novels, essays, opinion pieces, and numerous other works, and how those writings contributed to American culture ... New arrangement, this edition has a new topical arrangement, to aid in discovery. The entries are grouped into four main sections: Author biographies, for a total of 722, with illustrations, cover the important events in a writer's life, education, major works, honors and awards, and family and important associates. African American organizations & publications give readers more information about the groups and publications that wre important to these writers. Primary documents take the reader on a literary journey from a slave contract in 1635 to the present day. African American movements help readers better understand several elements of the civil rights movement, the struggle for voting rights, and the Black Lives Matter movement, among others. Several timelines, chronologies, and appendices help readers navigate the text and make literary connections by genre, time, and occupation." $c From Publisher's description. 700 1 $a Nicosia, Laura M., $e editor. 700 1 $a Nicosia, James F., $e editor. 941 $a 2 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011935.0 952 $l OOAX232 $d 20230302010218.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EDA78E94B8C711EDA131FBB437ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search