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    Contemporary African-American Fiction, Volume 1
    Contemporary African-American Fiction, Volume 1
    Contemporary African-American Fiction, Volume 1
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    Contemporary African-American Fiction, Volume 1

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    Contemporary African-American Fiction, Volume 1 is a collection of scholarly essays and recent reviews of the best of contemporary African-American literary fiction, including the following titles:

    • A Mercy by Toni Morrison
    • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
    • The Mothers by Brit Bennett
    • Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 
    • Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFacts On File
    Release dateFeb 1, 2019
    ISBN9781438182025
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