A Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers

Subjects:

• Literature » American Literature
• Multicultural Studies » Black Studies
• Women's Studies » Women in Literature & the Arts

Reviews:

• . . . Since this spans more than two centuries and because it treats many more writers than . . . much of its useful information augments bibliographic access to these creative women's works and to readers' responses to those works. . . . students of African American women writers . . . should be grateful for the timesaving guidance it offers.
  —Wilson Library Bulletin
• The only work that covers so vast an array of African American women writers; highly recommended for all libraries.
  —Choice
• . . . the most complete record of the literary achievement of black American women, this bibliography documents the works of and about 900 writers from Theresa Williams Abram to Sister Zubena.
  —BCALA News
• A Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers is an important research tool because it provides access to so many writers and is recommended for academic and large public libraries.
  —Booklist Reference Books Bulletin
• ...This compilation provides access to an array of primary and secondary source materials by and about 900 African-American women, writers. Inclusiveness is the hall-mark of this bibliography. Jordan lists authors of all genres-poetry, novels, essays, memoirs, and plays-from more than two centuries of American literary history. ...a commendable effort to organize useful, but often hard to find, material on a large number of famous and little-known African-American women writers. This book belongs on the reference shelf of academic and large public libraries.
  —RQ Spring 1994

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Codes Used for Collected Works
• African-American Women Writers
• Anthologies
• General Works
• Supplement: Additional Writers and Sources, 1988-1991
• Index