My Soul Has Grown Deep Classics of Early African American Literature

This powerful compilation of African-American literature through the centuries focuses on classic works by notable authors from Frederick Douglass to W. E. B. DuBois. The poetry of 18th-century writers Phillis Wheatly andThe Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slavejoin a chorus of eloquent voices chronicling the black experience in America.My Soul Has Grown Deepincludes such landmark works asA Red Recordby Ida B. Wells, a Harlem Renaissance writer;Lyrics of a Lowly Lifeby the prolific playwright, poet, and novelist Paul Lawrence Dunbar;Up from Slaveryby Booker T. Washington; andThe Autobiography of Jack Johnson: In the Ring and Outby the heavyweight boxing champion. Each writer is introduced in an informative biographical essay by editor John Edgar Wideman.New York Timesbestselling authorJohn Edgar Widemanis the first author to receive two PEN/Faulkner awards. He has written 13 books, includingBrothers and KeepersandPhiladelphia Fire.Wideman, John Edgar is the author of 'My Soul Has Grown Deep Classics of Early African American Literature' with ISBN 9780762410354 and ISBN 0762410353.