ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS Volume 1 Edited by Yolanda Williams Page GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London CONTENTS Preface xiii Joanne Braxton (1950-) Tanya N. Clark 46 List of Authors by Genre XV Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) Chronological List of Authors xix Bridget Harris Tsemo 49 Volume 1 Linda Beatrice Brown (1939-) Teresa Clark Caruso 56 Elizabeth Laura Adams (1909-1982) Annie Louise Burton Hermine Pinson 1 (1858-1910) Gabriel A. Briggs 59 Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert (1853-1889) Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869-1944) Iva Balic 7 Susan M. Stone 61 Clarissa Minnie Thompson Octavia Butler (1947-2006) Allen (?-?) Keren Omry 64 Elizabeth Marsden 9 Jeannette Franklin Caines Mignon Holland Anderson (1938-2004) (1945-) Eric Sterling 71 Teresa Clark Caruso 11 Bebe Moore Campbell (1950- ) Maya Angelou (1928-) Tenille Brown 74 Joi Carr 13 Barbara Chase-Riboud (1939-) Tina McElroy Ansa (1949- ) Ginette Curry 76 Tarshia L. Stanley 19 Alice Childress (1916-1994) Doris Jean Austin (1949-1994) Carol Bunch Davis 79 Imani Lillie B. Fryar 23 Barbara T. Christian Nikki Baker (1962-) (1943-2000) Kimberly Downing Braddock 26 • Sharon L. Barnes 85 Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) Pearl T. Cleage (1948- ) Rochelle Spencer 28 Adrienne Cassel 88 Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) Michelle Cliff (1946-) Sue E. Barker 35 Lopamudra Basu 92 Marita Bonner (1898-1971) Lucille Clifton (1936-) Sophie Blanch 39 Patricia Kennedy Bostian 94 Candy Dawson Boyd (1946- ) Wanda Coleman (1946-) Bennie P. Robinson 43 Terri Jackson Wallace 101 vin CONTENTS Eugenia W. Collier (1928- ) Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) T. Jasmine Dawson 103 Denisa E. Chatman-Riley 174 Kathleen Conwell Collins Grace Edwards-Yearwood (1942-1988) (1934?-) Chandra Tyler Mountain 106 Jasmin J. Vann 180 Anna Julia Hayward Cooper Zilpha Elaw (17907-1846?) (1858-1964) Nancy Kang 182 Gloria A. Shearin 112 Mari Evans (1923-) J. California Cooper (?- ) Jessica Allen 186 Adrienne Carthon 116 Sarah Webster Fabio JayneCortez(1936-) (1928-1979) Ruth Blandon 121 Richard A. Iadonisi 191 Margaret Esse Danner Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961 (1910-1984) Joy R. Myree-Mainor 193 Claire Taft 127 Carolyn Ferrell (1962-) Edwidge Danticat (1969-) Alex Feerst 200 Jana Evans Braziel 132 Julia Fields (1938-) Doris Davenport (1949-) Jacqueline Imani Bryant 202 Denise R. Shaw 141 Julia A. J. Foote (1823-1900) Angela Y. Davis (1944- ) Ann Beebe 204 Deirdre Osborne 145 Patrice Gaines (1949-) Lucy Delaney (1830-1890) Amanda J. Davis 207 Dave Yost 149 Patricia Joann Gibson (1951- ) Toi(Nette) Marie Derricotte Sarah Estes Graham 209 (1941-) Mercedes Gilbert (1889-1952) Karen S. Sloan 151 Mario David Azikwe 211 Alexis De Veaux (1948- ) Bennie P. Robinson 155 Nikki Giovanni (1943-) Jane M. Barstow 213 Edwina Streeter Dixon (1907-2002) Marita Golden (1950-) 218 Kevin L. Cole and DaMaris Hill Katherine Madison 161 Jewelle Gomez (1948-) Josie A. Brown-Rose Rita Dove (1952-) 223 Laura Madeline Wiseman 163 Eloise Greenfield (1929-) Elissa Gershowitz Kate Drumgoold 227 (18587-1898) Angelina Weld Grimke Karen S. Sloan 169 (1880-1958) Gloria A. Shearin 229 Shirley Graham DuBois (1896-1977) Rosa Guy (1925-) Rebecca Walsh 171 Julie Ellam 235 CONTENTS IX Beverly Guy-Sheftall (1946-) Rebecca Cox Jackson Lynnell Thomas 237 (1795-1871) Joshunda Sanders 303 Madame Emma Azalia Smith Hackley (1867-1922) Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) Lisa Pertillar Brevard 241 Mary McCartin Wearn 305 Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) Amelia E. Johnson (1858-1922) Myisha Priest 244 Sathyaraj Venkatesan 309 Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) Georgia Douglas Johnson Kelly O. Secovnie 251 (1877-1966) Maria J. Rice 312 Joyce Hansen (1942-) Dorsia Smith 259 Helen Johnson (1906-1995) Wendy Wagner 317 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) Gayl Jones (1949-) Valerie Palmer-Mehta 261 Helen Doss 321 Juanita Harrison (1887-197?) June Jordan (1936-2002) Sarah Boslaugh 264 Roy Perez 326 Safiya Henderson-Holmes Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1950-2001) (1818-1907) Shamika Ann Mitchell 266 Regina V. Jones 331 Carolivia Herron (1947-) Adrienne Kennedy (1931-) Rachelle D. Washington 268 Nita N.Kumar 334 Frenchy Jolene Hodges Jamaica Kincaid (1949-) (1940-) Maria Mikolchak 341 Katarzyna Iwona Jakubiak 271 Volume 2 bell hooks (1952-) Peggy J. Huey 273 Pinkie Gordon Lane (1923- ) Julia Marek Ponce 347 Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (Sara A. Allen) (1859-1930) NellaLarsen (1891-1964) Jeehyun Lim 278 Frank A. Salamone 350 Zora Neale Hurston Kristin Hunter Lattany (1931- ) (1891-1960) David M. Jones 355 Warren J. Carson 283 Andrea Lee (1953-) Angela Jackson (1951-) Barbara Boswell 360 Judy Massey Dozier 292 Helene Elaine Lee (1959- ) Elaine Jackson (1943-) Lena Marie Ampadu 364 Raymond Janifer 296 Jarena Lee (1783-7) Mae Jackson (1946-) Christopher J. Anderson 366 Heather Hoffman Jordan 299 Audre Geraldine Lorde Mattie Jane Jackson (1843-7) (1934-1992) Tabitha Adams Morgan 301 Heejung Cha 369.