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Anzia Yezierska

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 28, 2023

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on What Makes a “Classic” African American Text

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on What Makes a “Classic” African American Text

“They reveal the human universal through the African American particular: All true art, all classics, do this.”

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | January 31, 2023

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Stephanie McCarter on Finding New Meaning in a Classic

By Stephanie McCarter | November 8, 2022

What It Took to Finally Write Honestly About My Mental Illness

What It Took to Finally Write Honestly About My Mental Illness

Joanne Greenberg on Claiming Her Name and Her Story

By Joanne Greenberg | May 5, 2022

“family M”

“family M”

Budi Darma, Translated by Tiffany Tsao

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 13, 2022

On Rudolfo Anaya’s Expansive, Aching View of Childhood

On Rudolfo Anaya’s Expansive, Aching View of Childhood

Bless Me, Ultima"> Erika L. Sánchez Traces the Adventures and Losses of Bless Me, Ultima

By Erika L. Sánchez | March 28, 2022

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