African American Authors

Here is a selected list of American African authors, whose books are available at the Poughkeepsie Public Library District. If you would like to see which titles we own for a selected author, just click on the link to his or her name. You can see if an item is on the shelf at the Library, or you can place a hold on it using the Request-a-Title option.

Classics

Angelou, Maya	Gaines, Ernest J.	Parks, Gordon
Baldwin, James	Haley, Alex	Petry, Ann
Bambara, Toni Cade	Himes, Chester	Reed, Ishmael
Bontemps, Arna W.	Hughes, Langston	Robeson, Paul
Brooks, Gwendolyn	Hurston, Zora Neale	Shange, Ntozake
Brown, Claude	Johnson, James Weldon	Toomer, Jean
Brown, Wesley	Lester, Julius	Truth, Sojourner
Chesnutt, Charles	Major, Clarence	Walker, Alice
Douglass, Frederick	Marshall, Paule	West, Dorothy
Du Bois, W. E. B.	Morrison, Toni	Williams, John Alfred
Dunbar, Paul Laurence	Motley, Willard	Wright, Richard
Ellison, Ralph

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Poetry

Angelou, Maya	Dunbar, Paul Laurence	Komunyakaa, Yusef
Baraka, Imamu Amiri	Giovanni, Nikki	Lorde, Audre
Brooks, Gwendolyn	Harper, Michael S.	Major, Clarence
Brown, Sterling	Hayden, Robert	McKay, Claude
Clifton, Lucille	Hughes, Langston	Reed, Ishmael
Cullen, Countee	Johnson, James Weldon	Sanchez, Sonia
Dove, Rita	Jones, Gayl	Walker, Alice
Du Bois, W. E. B.	Jordan, June	Wright, Richard

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Plays

Baraka, Imamu Amiri	Hughes, Langston	Wilson, August
Hansberry, Lorraine	Reed, Ishmael

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Popular Fiction

Ansa, Tina McElroy	Hill, Donna	McKinney-Whetstone, Diane
Baisden, Michael	Hill, Ernest	McKnight, Reginald
Benson, Angela	Himes, Chester	McMillan, Rosalyn
Berry, Bertice	Holmes, Shannon	McMillan, Terry
Briscoe, Connie	Hopkinson, Nalo	Millner, Denene
Campbell, Bebe Moore	Jackson, Brian	Mitchell, Sharon
Carter Stephen L.	Jackson, Brenda	Morrison, Mary
Cary, Lorene	Jackson, Sheneska	Morrison, Toni
Chase-Riboud, Barbara	Joe, Yolanda	Naylor, Gloria
Cleage, Pearl	Johnson, Charles Richard	Packer, Z. Z.
Cooper, J. California	Johnson, Guy	Perrin, Kayla
Craft, Francine	Johnson, R. M.	Ray, Francis
Danticat, Edwidge	Jones, Edward P.	Roby, Kimberla
Darden, Christopher	Jones, Gayl	Sanders, Dori
DeBerry, Virginia	Jones, Patricia	Senna, Danzy
Dickey, Eric J.	Killens, John Oliver	Sinclair, April
Due, Tananarive	Kincaid, Jamaica	Souljah, Sister
Everett, Percival	Kitt, Sandra	Spencer, Camika
Files, Lolita	Lamar, Jake	Straight, Susan
Forrest, Leon	Lee, Darrien	Tramble, Nichelle
Forster, Gwynn	Little, Benilde	Tyree, Omar
Foster, Sharon Ewell	Louise, Kim	Walker, Alice
French, Albert	Manees, Raynetta	Wideman, John Edgar
Golden, Marita	McCann, Timmothy B.	Youngblood, Shay
Hailstock, Shirley	McFadden, Bernice	Zane
Harris, E. Lynn

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Mystery / Suspense

Bland, Eleanor T.	Garland, Ardella	Walker, Blair
Carter, Charlotte	Haywood, Gar Anthony	Wesley, Valerie Wilson
Deloach, Nora	Mosley, Walter	Woods, Paula L.
Edwards, Grace	Neely, Barbara

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Science Fiction / Fantasy

Barnes, Steven	Butler, Octavia	Mosley, Walter
Burton, Levar	Hopkinson, Nalo

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Prepared by Joy Matusiewicz, Reference Librarian, 1/07