I noticed that someone asked for a review of this piece, here is something I did when the first edition came out in 1997, for the newspaper I worked for at the time, the Durham Herald-Sun. Published 01/05/97 African-American lit anthology's `heavy' - UNC professor helped as canon was decided for long-awaited book Byline: ERNIE SUGGS The Herald-Sun When discussing African-American literature, the name Victor Sejour doesn't...
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Taking upon yourself the task of creating an anthology that represents an entire literary and cultural tradition strikes me as a daunting task. The editors who helm such a project are almost playing god by deciding which authors and which works get into the "canon." Fortunately, the editors of "The Norton Anthology of African American Literature" have approached their duties with an expansive vision and an evident seriousness...
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This book is a part of my library and a great resource tool. For any writer, researcher, black historian, or literature lover of any kind, this book is a must have. The criticism from the other reviewers is amazing. Must everything thing be analyzed? This book is a reference tool, an anthology of our black writers from the past to the present. If some are threatened by that, then that is their problem. What one may...
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Excellent! I highly recommend it to anyone interested in African American traditions, history, literature. The CD will blow you away.
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