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| Title: | What's A Black Critic to Do?
: Interviews, Profiles & Reviews of Black Writers |
| Author: | Donna Bailey Nurse |
| ISBN: | 1894663527 : 9781894663526 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 208 |
| Weight: | .266 Kg. |
| Published: | Insomniac Press - October 2003 |
| List Price: | 9.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general: Black studies |
This groundbreaking collection of in-depth profiles, unique interviews, incisive essays and succinct reviews on such well-known writers as Toni Morrison, Jamaica Kincaid, Andre Alexis, Dionne Brand, Austin Clarke, Edwidge Danticat, Nalo Hopkinson and Lawrence Hill, among many others, constitutes a frank conversation on the significance of race in the work of contemporary black writers. This book is for anyone looking for a way to talk about the often-taboo topic of race, as it appears in novels, movies and plays. Of interest to black Canadian and African-American readers as well as teachers, librarians and book club members, the book provides a vital snapshot of contemporary culture.
