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Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Poets after 1955 by Trudier Harris, 1985-07-12 Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Writers after 1955 by Thadious Davis, 1985-04-26 Concise Dictionary of World Literary Biography: African, Caribbean, and Latin-American Writers by James Hardin, 1999-12-17 Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults BLACK AUTHORS & ILLUS 2ED (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 1316) by Rollock, 1992-01-01 Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth-Century Carribean and Black African Writers by Reinhard Sander, 1995-11-07 Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afrro-American Fiction Writers after 1955 by Thadious Davis, 1984-10-19 Black Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors African-American Writers (To Z of African Americans) by Philip Bader, 2004-02 Dictionary of Literary Biography Volume 117:Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers: First Series by Bernth Lindfors, 1992-07-22 Black Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Writers 1940-1955 by Trudier Harris, 1988-09-16 Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Writers before the Harlem Renaissance by Trudier Harris, Thadious Davis, 1986-08-15 Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940

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21. CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
    general. Encyclopedia of africanamerican Culture and History. All genres.author, title and genre index. Masterpieces of African American Literature.  
    http://library.msstate.edu/reference/blackhis.asp?print=yes

22. Multicultural Literature Resources
    general ~ africanamerican ~ Asian American ~ European American ~ Jewish American ~ African American Authors, 1745-1945 a bio-bibliographical Critical  
    http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/multicultural.html
    
    Extractions: Library Catalog Find: Articles Databases e-Journals MyLibrary ... Individual Libraries Reference Services This guide contains tips and strategies for locating biographical and critical information on American writers grouped by ethnicity (e.g., African-American, Jewish-American, etc.), as well a bibliography of resources, both in print and online. Since it focuses primarily on reference materials, it is necessarily selective. The Library Catalog and Find Databases will list and/or provide access to far more material than can be listed below. CONTENTS Ascertaining Ethnicity Using LC Subject Headings for Ethnic Literatures Full Text Online Resources Databases ... Reference Sources by Ethnicity Ethnic-American Literatures Ascertaining Ethnicity Surnames are not always indicative of ethnicity, and often it can be difficult to compile a list of authors by ethnic background. To identify writers of a specific ethnic ancestry, try the following strategies: Search the Literature Resource Center: Click on "Authors by Type" Scroll down to the "Author Ethnicity" menu box and select one of the four categories.

23. Author Links
    general author Resources. Online Literary Criticism Collection The Online Literary Richard Wright Important 20th Century africanamerican writer,  
    http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/auth.html
    
    Extractions: The following links connect to a wide assortment of Internet information resources about writers of all types of literature, including drama, poetry, novels, stories, and all that literature has to offer. General Author Resources Individual Authors American Poets British Poets ... Online Poetry Archives and Collections Website devoted to the study of Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, their contemporaries and historical contexts.

24. On The Cosmic Horizon Chapter 1 -- Author Bio
    author, Speaker, Science Education Consultant Mar. 1999 — Present Bennett,JO and Briggs, WL, 1999, general Education Mathematics New Approaches for a  
    http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/bennett_special/chapter1/cus
    
    Extractions: Brief Biography Jeffrey Bennett is a writer, speaker, and science education consultant. He holds a B.A. in biophysics from the University of California at San Diego, and an M.S. and Ph.D in astrophysics from the University of Colorado. He has taught at every grade level from elementary through college, and for three years ran a private summer school in astronomy for elementary and middle school students. At the college level, he has taught more than 50 courses in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and education, and is the author of leading college textbooks for both introductory astronomy and general mathematics. He served for two years as a Visiting Senior Scientist at NASA Headquarters, where he developed educational programs for the Hubble Space Telescope and other astronomical missions. He also led the creation of the Colorado Scale Model Solar System, a one to ten billion scale model of the solar system, and is now consulting with the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, the Smithsonian Institution, and NASA on a project to build similar scale models for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and other locations around the world. He has recently begun writing science books for a popular audience and for children. Jeffrey O. Bennett

25. Bio
    general BIOGRAPHIES. Biography.com Short biographies from the Cambridge Biographical Click on the author s name to find a biography information,  
    http://www.stvrain.k12.co.us/LHS/library/bio.htm
    
    Extractions: BIOGRAPHY WEB SITES LIBRARY HOME African Americans Artists Astronauts and Aviation ... Women GENERAL BIOGRAPHIES Biography.com: Short biographies from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. Biography Center: A searchable index of over 10,000 biography links, available in English, Spanish, French, and German. Yahooligans Biographies: Biographies organized by country of citizenship and by occupation. American Masters: Online companion to the PBS series of the same name. The series is both a celebration and an exploration of creativity in America. AMERICAN MASTERS is a growing film library documenting the role important individuals, groups, and movements have played in the formation of our cultural identity. Lives; The Biography Resource: Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. * Individual lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous. Individuals listed alphabetically, by eras, or by area of fame. Columbia Encyclopedia: Over 17,000 up-to-date biographical entries are classified under 140 categories such as fields of science or national histories and literatures.

26. English Resources At The University Of Wyoming
    A Bibliographical Guide to africanamerican Women Writers (compiled by Casper LeRoy A bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, general  
    http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/SubRes/UWER/uwerbi.ethnicwomenwriters.htm
    
    Extractions: English Resources at the University of Wyoming Libraries: Guide #4: Ethnic Women Writers Resources ELECTRONIC INDEXES Expanded Academic Index (Infotrac). Information Access/UW Catalog Plus, [1980-] Although a general index, Infotrac’s Expanded Academic Index is a great source for contemporary reviews of classical and contemporary articles, particularly those found outside of scholastic journals. This is a particularly good place to start if you are researching a popular, contemporary author. Expanded Academic is also a great source for critical reviews of contemporary works, often in full-text. MLA International Bibliography Silver Platter/UW Catalog Plus, [1963-] A "must" for anybody wishing to engage in literary research, MLA provides extensive indexing of scholastic writings in literature from around the world. Although it does not provide abstracts or full-text entries, it can often locate hard-to-find articles, and is particularly useful for students wishing to retrieve articles which encompass more than one subject area, or subject areas too new or specific to be indexed in print form. ETHNIC LITERARY RESOURCES American Ethnic Literatures: Native American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and Asian American Writers and Their Backgrounds: an annotated bibliography (edited by David R. Peck)

27. English Resources At The University Of Wyoming Libraries Resource
    A biobibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, general Nonfiction A Bibliographical Guide to african-american Women Writers (compiled by  
    http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/SubRes/UWER/uwerbi.biographic.htm
    
    Extractions: English Resources at the University of Wyoming Libraries: Resource Guide for ENGL 5000: Studies in American Autobiography ELECTRONIC DATABASES CARL, the UW Catalog for the University of Wyoming Libraries UW Catalog Plus Menu You can use the UWCatalog to find call numbers for autobiographical books and journal titles owned by UW Libraries. Infotrac: Expanded Academic Index UW Catalog Plus Menu [1980-] Although a general index, Infotrac's Expanded Academic Index is a great source for contemporary coverage of American authors, in both scholarly journals and magazines. This a particularly good place to start if you are researching a popular, contemporary author who may not yet be included in MLA. Expanded Academic is also a great source for critical reviews of contemporary works, often in full-text. MLA International Bibliography UW Catalog Plus Menu/Silver Platter [1963-] A "must" for anybody wishing to engage in literary research, MLA provides extensive indexing of scholastic writings for American and world authors. Although it does not provide abstracts or full-text entries, it can often locate hard-to-find articles, and is particularly useful for students wishing to retrieve articles which encompass more than one subject area, or subject areas too new to be indexed in print formats. BIOGRAPHICAL/BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CRITICAL SOURCES American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies (4 volumes) Coe Ref. PS 129 .A55

28. African American Author - Books, Journals, Articles @ The Questia Online Library
    African American authors, 17451945 A bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook GRIMKE, ARCHIBALD HENRY 1849 1930, african-american author and crusader  
    http://www.questia.com/search/african-american-author
    
    Extractions: Put exact phrases in quotes Search within Results by media type: We searched for: we found: results by media type: journal articles: magazine articles: newspaper articles: encyclopedia articles: Research Topics on: african american author List All Research Topics Alain Locke Alice Walker Arna Bontemps ... William Wells Brown - 27050 results More book Results: Was Huck Black? Mark Twain and African-American Voices Book by Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; Oxford University Press, 1994 Subjects: African Americans in literature African AmericansBiography Authors, American19th centuryBiography Twain, Mark1835-1910Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... Twain, Mark1835-1910Friends and associates ...Mark Twain and African American voices/Shelley Fisher...and associates. 4.

29. African-American Studies Guide To Research - Georgetown University Library
    Includes an author index. A CDROM of the bibliography is kept in the GelardinNew Media American drama African American authors bio-bibliography  
    http://www.library.georgetown.edu/guides/africanamerican/
    
    Extractions: Guide to Research: African-American Studies This guide describes some useful resources for research in African-American Studies. It is not intended to be comprehensive but rather to give you a place to start. Because African-American research is interdisciplinary, additional resources can be located in other Research Guides, such as African Area Studies English Literature Sociology , and United States History . The resources listed below are located in the Lauinger Library reference area except as noted. For additional assistance with your research, consult a Reference Librarian . This guide can be found online at http://www.library.georgetown.edu/guides/africanamerican/ Table of Contents Ask a Reference Librarian

30. Pace University Library - Researching An Author
    Researching an author. biographical Information. general Works; Specific Categories African American authors, 17451945 A bio-biographical Critical  
    http://www.pace.edu/library/pages/instruct/birnbaum/author.html

31. History Department - University Of Colorado At Colorado Springs
    general Sources. africanamerican Odyssey Library of Congress site with an african-american author and physician, and the Harlem Renaissance at large.  
    http://web.uccs.edu/history/ushistory/afroam.htm

32. By Author
    Nonfiction, general, American Bible Society, Good News Bible Biography,african-american, Angelou, Maya, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings  
    http://www.mville.edu/Multicultural/Author.htm
    
    Extractions: Category Subject Author Title Non-fiction Asian Abe, Kobo The Face of Another Non-fiction Asian Abend, Hallett My Life in China Biography African Achebe, Chinua Arrow of God Biography African Achebe, Chinua No Longer At Ease Biography African Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart (2) Non-fiction General Sources: Notable Selections In Race and Ethnicity Biography African-American Akbar, Dr. Na'im From Miseducation to Education Non-fiction Latino Alcala, Kathleen Spirits of the Ordinary Biography African-American Alexander, H. T. African Tightrope Non-fiction Latino Alexander, J. Robert Juan Domingo Peron : A History Biography African Alford, Terry Prince Among Slaves Non-fiction Latino The Air Down Here Biography African-American Allen, Walter R. et al College in Black and White Non-fiction French Alonso, Gabino Le Petit Larousse illustre Non-fiction Latino Alvarez, Julia

33. SULAIR: Research Quick Start Guides: African American Studies
    Indexes africanamerican periodicals of general and scholarly interest. African American authors, 1745-1945 bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook  
    http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/adams/shortcu/afam.html
    
    Extractions: skip to main navigation Area Studies Engineering General Government Humanities Interdisciplinary New Databases Numeric Data Science Social Sciences Statistics Archive of Recorded Sound Biology (Falconer) Bing Wing Business (Jackson) Eng.(Swain) Earth Sciences (Branner) East Asia Education (Cubberley) Engineering Government Docs. (Jonsson) Green Library Hoover Institution Information Center Lane Reading Room Law (Crown) Map Collections Marine Biology (Miller) Sciences Media and Microtext Medical (Lane) Meyer Music Physics Special Collections Social Science Social Sciences Resource Center Stanford Auxiliary Library SLAC Library How Do I Find? Research Quick Start Guides Any Topic Guide for PWR students ... RESEARCH QUICK START GUIDES Encyclopedias Bibliographies Indexes Biographical Sources ... Internet Resources Stanford University Libraries contains many titles on the historical and contemporary experience of African Americans, making it an excellent place for students conducting research in this area. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of African American Studies, relevant titles are often dispersed throughout the general collection depending upon subject matter. Use Socrates , Stanford's online catalog, to locate books and other materials. Use the library's

34. Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Henry Louis Gates
    original author helped extend the africanamerican literary tradition by morethan In addition to editing The Norton Anthology of African American  
    http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/gates_h.htm
    
    Extractions: SEARCH 2. Select Search Type Products (e.g. InfoTrac) Site (e.g. Customer Service) Login Sign Up (new customers) Home Locations Executive Bios Trade Shows Home Alacritude Dialog Factiva ... Yahoo Home Who We Are What We Do How We Do It ... Contact Us Home Archives Library of the Year Logo Library ... Need a Speaker? Home International Support Catalog Catalog Catalog Help How to Order ... Imprint Publishers Billing/Fulfillment Returns Support Technical Resources Training Resources Market Your Library Market Your Library Get Connected Find Yourself in the Library ... InfoTrac Discussion List document.write(url); Sept. 16, 1950 - Awards Selected: Carnegie Foundation fellowship for Africa, 1970-71; Phelps fellowship, Yale Univ, 1970-71; Mellon fellowships, Cambridge University, 1973-75, and National Humanities Center, 1989-90; grants from Ford Foundation, 1976-77 and 1984-85, and National Endowment for the Humanities, 1980-86; A. Whitney Griswold fellowship, 1980; Rockefeller Foundation fellowships, 1981 and 1990; MacArthur Prize fellowship, MacArthur Foundation, 1981-86; Yale Afro-American teaching prize, 1983; award from Whitney Humanities Center, 1983-85; Award for creative scholarship, Zora Neale Hurston Soc, 1986; Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, 1988-89 and 1989-90; Amer Book Award and Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Race Relations, both for

35. African American Bibliography; Books For Children
    africanamerican Images Part Two MZ. Folktales Biography general With a mere 19 words (yo appears twice, yes six times) the author/artist  
    http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulafro.htm
    
    Extractions: Books for Children Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center selected bibliography of books which deal with the Black experience. Most annotations are re-printed from the Library of Congress. Visit your school or public library to find what materials are available. Your local bookstore or Amazon Book Company can be helpful. For some publisher information, visit Commerical Publishers Sites on this site. Enjoy reading!

36. Bookwire
    There s also an author bio, photo, contact page, and Press Room, which has apress release, Considered the foremost africanamerican writer of romance.  
    http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/otherbooks/Author-websites.html
    
    Extractions: Boston Book Review Publisher's Weekly School Library Journal booksinprint.com ... Small Press Other Useful Links ABA ALA BISG Literary ListServ ... Other Resources Author Websites Abbey, Edward Adams, Alina Official website of romance writer, Alina Adams. Her most recent work is Annie's Wild Ride , published by Avon Books. Adams, Audra Audra Adams is the author of eight romance novels, including Mommy's Hero . Visit her site for the latest information on her and her books. Adams, Deborah Website for award-winning mystery novelist and short story writer. Adams, Douglas Adlerman, Dan and Kim Features children's books written and illustrated by authors Dan and Kim Alderman with interviews and reviews. Links to favorite book sites and more. Aitken, Adam This author has written two volumes of Asian-Australian poetry. The latest, In One House , published by HarperCollins Australia; and nominated three times as a "Best Book of 1996" in The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald Akers, Brian Dana Science fiction writer. Includes a photograph, biography, bibliography, free story and email address. Albert, Susan Wittig and Bill Albert

37. Annotated Bibliographies -- African-American Music And Musicians
    Organization Divided into sections by subject, including general Guides, Entries are listed alphabetically by last name of article/book author and  
    http://music.lib.byu.edu/RefGuide/bibliographies/afroamerican.html
    
    Extractions: Floyd, Samuel A., and Marsha J. Reisser. Black Music Biography: An Annotated Biography. Floyd, Samuel A., and Marsha J. Reisser. Black Music in the United States. ... Black Music and Musicians in the New Grove Dictionary of American Music and the New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Southern, Eileen. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians.

38. Research Guide: African American Literature - Boston College
    A biobibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, Has a title and first line index, author index, and subject index.  
    http://www.bc.edu/libraries/research/guides/s-africanamerican/
    
    Extractions: This Guide is intended to help identify resources for both basic and advanced research in African American literature. These selected resources include both web and print materials. It is always advisable to consult our online catalog Quest to locate a larger number of appropriate resources. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Subject Specialist for English, Brendan Rapple (617-552-4482; rappleb@bc.edu Newspapers Electronic Journals Biographies ... African-American Literature

39. Brooklyn Public Library Explore A Topic
    Presented annually to an African American author and an African American illustrator A biobibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general  
    http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/explore_topic_detail.jsp?subjectpageid=367

40. Three African-American Novels (Penguin) Doi:10.1221/0451528700
    Three africanamerican Novels author(s) Andrews, William L. FICTION / general.The 13th Juror The 1st Deadly Sin 10 Lb Penalty 1984 More  
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1221/0451528700

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