Published by Grey House Publishing, copyright 2009.
Edited by Shari Dorantes Hatch, who also authored about nine tenths of the 865-page encyclopedia, created three of the appendixes, and compiled the 34-page index.
In addition to 680 biographies of individual writers, this encyclopedia includes 84 thematic entries on topics such as African-American Vernacular English, literary eras and movements, oral tradition, folktales, proverbs, slave narratives, spirituals, particular newspapers and other periodicals, key anthologies, noteworthy publishers, significant writing collaboratives and other organizations, and more. This greatly expanded edition (more than 200 additional entries) also includes an extensive section of primary documents related to African-American history and literature, a visual timeline of African-American history and literature, four other appendixes (chronology of writers, chronology of firsts in African-American literature, writers by genre, and writers by occupation), a complete reference list, and a key to the references included with each entry.
Product Details (from Amazon.com, which incorrectly identifies author/editor as "Sherry Hatch")
List Price: $165.00
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1592372910
ISBN-13: 978-1592372911
Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 2.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #742,773 in Books, on November 3, 2009
