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Donald Goines (pseudonym: Al C. Clark; December 15, 1936 – October 21, 1974) was an African-American writer of urban fiction. [1] His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Iceberg Slim . Early life and family
Urban fiction, also known as street lit or street fiction, is a literary genre set in a city landscape; however, the genre is as much defined by the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters as the urban setting. The tone for urban fiction is usually dark, focusing on the underside of city living.
Natalie Baszile's book follows Charley Bordelon, an African American woman and single mother, as she struggles to build a new life amid the complexities in the contemporary South. When she ...
Urban fiction (3 C, 24 P) Pages in category "African-American literature" ... Middle Atlantic Writers Association; The Mis-Education of the Negro; Mosaic (literary ...
Listing the most famous African-American female authors and excluding Toni Morrison (1931-2019) is impossible. ... She is a two-time National Book Award for Fiction winner for “Salvage the Bones ...
Alex Haley (1921–1992), author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family; Virginia Hamilton (1934–2002), author of children's books; Henry Hampton (1940–1998) Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), playwright; Joyce Hansen (born 1942), author of children's books; Vincent Harding (1931–2014), historian and social activist; Edward W. Hardy ...