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Featured Literary Journals
- African American ReviewPublishes essays on African American literature, art and culture
Some of these journals are in library databases and require myLesley login; others are freely available on the web.
- Black Renaissance Journalpublishes essays, poetry, fiction, photography, art, and reviews that address the full range of contemporary Black concerns
- Black Warrior ReviewContains poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners alongside up-and-coming writers.
- Callaloopublishes original works by, and critical studies of, black writers worldwide.
- Chicken Bones: A Journalfor Literary & Artistic African-American Themes
Literary Criticism
- Literature Resource Center (Gale)Search for critical articles about African American literature.
- Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)Sample search: James Baldwin and criticism
Still I Rise: Maya Angelou
Featured Books
A Home Elsewhere: Reading African American Classics in the age of Obama by Call Number: PS153.N5 S75 2010
Search the FLO Catalog for other books, e-books, videos, and much more.
Montage of a Dream: The Art and Life of Langston Hughes by Call Number: E-book
Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers, Migration, and Survival by Call Number: E-book
Featured Media
Toni Morrison directed by Matteo Bellinelli, 1950-, in In Black and White: Six Profiles of African American Authors, 3 (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1992), 24 mins
Literary Movements
Washington State University's website about Literary Movements has in-depth resources on slave narratives, local color and the plantation tradition in American literature.
Frederick Douglass