Black American women novelists : an annotated bibliography / by Werner, Craig Hansen, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Higgins the Great -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected title : Iola Leroy -- Pauline Hopkins : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected title : Contending forces -- Kristin Hunter : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : God Bless the Child ; The Landlord -- Zora Neale Hurston : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Jonah's Gourd Vine ; Moses, Man of the Mountain ; Mules and Men ; Seraph on the Suwanee ; Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Gayl Jones: Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Corregidora ; Eva's Man -- June Jordan : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected title : His Own Where -- Nella Larsen : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Passing ; Quicksand -- Paule Marshall : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Brown Girl, Brownstones ; The Chosen Place, the Timeless People ; Praisesong for the Widow -- Louise Meriwether : Biography ; Selected title : Daddy Was a Number Runner -- Toni Morrison : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Beloved ; The Bluest Eye ; Song of Solomon ; Sula ; Tar Baby -- Gloria Naylor : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Linden Hills ; Mama Day ; The Women of Brewster Place -- Ann Petry : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Country Place ; The Narrows ; The Street -- Carlene Hatcher Polite : Biography ; Selected title : The Flagellants -- Ntozake Shange : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : Betsey Brown ; Sassafras, Cypress & Indigo -- Ann Allen Shockley : Biography ; Selected titles : Loving her ; Say Jesus and Come to Me -- Ellease Southerland : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected title : Let the Lion Eat Straw -- Mildred Taylor : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected title : Let the Circle Be Unbroken -- Joyce Carol Thomas : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected title : Marked by Fire -- Alice Walker : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected titles : The Color Purple ; Meridian ; The Third Life of Grange Copeland -- Margaret Walker : Biography ; Selected title : Jubilee -- Dorothy West : Biography ; Selected title : The Living Is Easy -- Sherley Anne Williams : Biography ; Selected title : Dessa Rose -- Harriet Wilson : Biography ; Commentary ; Selected title : Our Nig -- Sarah Wright: Biography ; Selected title : This Child's Gonna Live.…”