African American women writers
By: Brenda Wilkinson.
Series: Black star series; Black stars (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.; African American women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American women -- Intellectual life -- Juvenile literature.; African American women in literature -- Juvenile literature.; Women and literature -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Authors, American.; African Americans -- Biography.; Women -- Biography.; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Discusses the lives and work of such notable African American women authors as: Phillis Wheatley, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Terry McMillan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-156) and index.