Reference+Resources

This page provides you with titles, bibliographic citations, call numbers, subject headings used, and a brief synopsis to **//reference//** sources available in the Metropolitan Library System regarding the subject area of African American Writers. These sources are only available to read in the library, but each title provides an extensive amount of information about the authors, their writings, the histories of their writings, etc.

**Drew, Barnard A. 2007. //100 Most Popular African American Authors.// Libraries Unlimited.

Call Number: 810.9896/D7761o

Subject Heading: African American authors--Biography--Dictionaries.

Location: Ralph Ellison Library and Downtown Library

In this one volume encyclopedia you will find biographies about many popular African American writers. You will also find a listing of the writings of all the authors included. The writers chosen are based on those who have become popular within the last 25 years**.



**Murphy, Barbara Thrash. 1999. //Black authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults: a biographical dictionary.// 3rd ed. Garland Publishing.

Call Number: 809.89282/M978b3

Subject Heading: African American authors--Biography--Dictionaries

Location: Ralph Ellison Library, Southern Oaks Library, and Choctaw Library

This source specifically deals with African American authors and illustrators who write and illustrate books for children and young adults. The source provides biographical information as well as information about writing and drawing style of the authors and illustrators. Also included are pictures of the authors and illustrators.This updated version includes 112 new authors.**




 * Ostrom, Hans and Macey, J.D. ed. 2005. //The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American literature//. Greenwood Press.

Call Number: 810.9896/G812g

Subject Heading: American literature--African American authors--Encyclopedias

Location: Ralph Ellison Library and Downtown Library

This encyclopedia has a large scope covering the period of Colonial times to the 2000s. This source has over 1000 entries dealing with biographies and critical analysis of African American authors and their writings. It also includes information about important and/or popular themes and historical events that are key to African American culture both in the past and the present. **



** Beaulieu, E.A. 2006. Writing African American women: an encyclopedia of literature by and about women of color. Greenwood Press.

Call Number: 810.80896/W9566w

Subject Heading: American literature--African American authors--Encyclopedias

Location: Ralph Ellison Library and Downtown Library

This source includes women and men authors who are either African American and/or write about African American women and feminist literature. It includes 379 articles on these authors. The articles cover biographical information, lists of the author's writings, themes, and other historical information. **




 * Call Number: 810.9896/AF258aw**


 * Subject Heading: African American authors-Biography-Dictionaries**
 * Location: Ralph Ellison Library, Belle Isle Library, and Warr Acres Library **
 * This resource is a dictionary that seeks to be as comprehensive as possible. It includes African American authors since the 1700s who have made a great mark on literature as a whole. Each entry provides biographical and historical information. References consulted are listed at the bottom of each entry for further research and to ensure accuracy.**


 * Dickinson-Carr, Daryl. 2005. The Columbia guide to contemporary African American fiction. Columbia University Press.

Call Number: 813/D5543Zc

Subject Heading: American fiction--African-American authors--History and crticism

Location: Ralph Ellison Library, Downtown Library, Edmond Library, and Midwest City Library

This guide is in the format of a dictionary with alphabetical entries on subjects such as African American writers, influential books written by African Americans, and important literary movements. All of the information included is within the genre of fiction published since 1970. It provides historical and biographical information about each entry.**