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Originally posted by Little32
I was at a conference recently wher eone of the professors suggested that there aren't many (she said any) "literary" African American authors in this contemporary bunch. And I find it interesting that I can meet so many people who have read Eric Jerome Dickey or Terry McMillian--not that there is anything wrong with these folks--but have not read Morrison, Walker, Baldwin or Dubois.
I wonder too, whether this recent trend in the types of African American literature published will be detrimental to other more serious efforts.
On another note, I have to pick up Getting Momma's Body , I heard that it is excellent.
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See, that's why I don't listen to professors anymore. You never know what is going to be picked up in a Black lit course and studied 20 years from now because the contemporary academians overlooked it.
Also, hell yeah there are "literary" works by black folks out there. Victor Lavalle, Paul Beatty, Edward Jones, Percival Everett, Octavia Butler, etc, etc. And in MY Borders, they are all in the same section with the contemporary black authors.
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