Unnatural Selections: Eugenics in American Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance
"English's most significant contribution is the unusual juxtaposition and sustained connection of literary lives across the matrix of color, class, and gender. Her refusal to isolate 'black' from 'white' and 'male' from 'female' leads her to some rather remarkable readings, giving this book a formidable intellectual heft." - Matthew Pratt Guterl, Indiana University"