Quentin Miller is Professor of English at Suffolk University, USA.

'From Ellison to Everett, from Jacobs to Jay Z, D. Quentin Miller reflects on a remarkable range of writers in this refreshingly contemporary and innovative guide to African American literature. Navigating complex and contentious issues of form, genre, and tradition with an astonishing ease and clarity, this introduction is essential reading for students and a timely recap for scholars.'Janine Bradbury, York St. John University, UK

• 1. Introduction2. The Era of Slavery3. Reconstruction through the 1910s4. The Era of the Harlem Renaissance5. Mid-Twentieth Century Literature6. The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement7. The Flourishing of Black Women Writers and the Return to Black History8. Twenty-first Century Writing: A Time of Reckoning

Quentin Miller is Professor of English at Suffolk University, USA.

'From Ellison to Everett, from Jacobs to Jay Z, D. Quentin Miller reflects on a remarkable range of writers in this refreshingly contemporary and innovative guide to African American literature. Navigating complex and contentious issues of form, genre, and tradition with an astonishing ease and clarity, this introduction is essential reading for students and a timely recap for scholars.'Janine Bradbury, York St. John University, UK

• 1. Introduction2. The Era of Slavery3. Reconstruction through the 1910s4. The Era of the Harlem Renaissance5. Mid-Twentieth Century Literature6. The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement7. The Flourishing of Black Women Writers and the Return to Black History8. Twenty-first Century Writing: A Time of Reckoning

Quentin Miller is Professor of English at Suffolk University, USA.

'From Ellison to Everett, from Jacobs to Jay Z, D. Quentin Miller reflects on a remarkable range of writers in this refreshingly contemporary and innovative guide to African American literature. Navigating complex and contentious issues of form, genre, and tradition with an astonishing ease and clarity, this introduction is essential reading for students and a timely recap for scholars.'Janine Bradbury, York St. John University, UK

• 1. Introduction2. The Era of Slavery3. Reconstruction through the 1910s4. The Era of the Harlem Renaissance5. Mid-Twentieth Century Literature6. The 1960s and the Black Arts Movement7. The Flourishing of Black Women Writers and the Return to Black History8. Twenty-first Century Writing: A Time of Reckoning