SHANE GRAHAM is Associate Professor of English at Utah State University, USA.  JOHN WATERS is Associate Instructor in the English Department at Indiana University, USA.

"This is an intriguing and invaluable book. Graham and Walters have unearthed a trove of correspondence which, for many years to come, will be a touchstone for scholars of African-American and African literatures and cultures. The book offers a moving account of the emergence of a transnational dynamic of encouragement and practical support among African diasporic writers." - Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Introduction: 'Come On Here!' Bibliography/Further Reading 1953-1954 1955-1959 1960-1961 1962 1963-1967

SHANE GRAHAM is Associate Professor of English at Utah State University, USA.  JOHN WATERS is Associate Instructor in the English Department at Indiana University, USA.

"This is an intriguing and invaluable book. Graham and Walters have unearthed a trove of correspondence which, for many years to come, will be a touchstone for scholars of African-American and African literatures and cultures. The book offers a moving account of the emergence of a transnational dynamic of encouragement and practical support among African diasporic writers." - Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Introduction: 'Come On Here!' Bibliography/Further Reading 1953-1954 1955-1959 1960-1961 1962 1963-1967

SHANE GRAHAM is Associate Professor of English at Utah State University, USA.  JOHN WATERS is Associate Instructor in the English Department at Indiana University, USA.

"This is an intriguing and invaluable book. Graham and Walters have unearthed a trove of correspondence which, for many years to come, will be a touchstone for scholars of African-American and African literatures and cultures. The book offers a moving account of the emergence of a transnational dynamic of encouragement and practical support among African diasporic writers." - Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Introduction: 'Come On Here!' Bibliography/Further Reading 1953-1954 1955-1959 1960-1961 1962 1963-1967