African American authors History and criticism 143 American literature 99 Intellectual life 77 African Americans 76 African Americans in literature 74 American fiction 38 more ... History 38 Women authors 29 African American women in literature 22 Race in literature 22 African American women 20 Women and literature 16 Slavery in literature 15 American prose literature 11 Theory, etc 11 Authors, American 10 Autobiography 9 Criticism and interpretation 9 In literature 9 Race identity 9 African American women authors 8 American drama 8 Black authors 8 Blacks in literature 7 Harlem Renaissance 7 Literature and society 7 Modernism (Literature) 7 African American men in literature 6 American poetry 6 less ...