REMEMBERING BLACK WRITERS ASSOCIATED
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| "I’m a Southerner. I was shaped and molded by the south, and I never got Northernized. I realized I was a Southerner because every time I went back home I’d slip into it very comfortable. I like it there. It’s home." Morgan Freeman [Memphis] 1937- Time, February 1995. |
Okay, I confess: unlike Morgan Freeman, I’m not a Southerner. What I am is a librarian. If this sounds like a strange juxtaposition, let me explain. I have been molded by the resources of the library and the information seeking behavior that happens there. To paraphrase Freeman, every time I step into a library I’m comfortable. I like it there. It’s home. My geographic roots are outweighed by my vocational and avocational roots which are deeply embedded in the library. I
also confess to having an odd hobby. Some folks knit, some folks crochet; I read reference
books. I admit it sounds a bit peculiar, but it’s what I do. This odd
‘hobby’ worked to my advantage when I decided to search for and document sources
relating to writers from my adopted state, Tennessee. To Mary Ellen Snodgrass who believes
reference librarians "are the true heroes of literary research," I would
respond: we just can’t help ourselves. My interest in finding and sharing Black Tennessee role models probably began
when a student came to me for help in finding material on prominent Black Tennesseans. She
returned and expressed her excitement about finding a perfect subject for her report: a
Black Tennessee University President, Dr. Charles Spurgeon Johnson, about whom she was
previously unaware. The intent of this project is not to produce an exhaustive list of
Black writers with a Tennessee connection. The goal is a representative sampling of the
many men and women of color who represent talent spanning all geographical areas of the
state. East, middle and west Tennessee have all produced talented Black writers. Some of
those writers are represented here. The scope of this bibliography ranges from the life span of Bishop Isaac Lane,
who was born in 1834 and died at the age of 103 in 1937, to the current day when we look
at Dr. Reginald Martin, the youngest writer represented. The following piece examines the
many and broad contributions made by talented Black writers of Tennessee who had or are
having something lasting to share. Their contributions range from the esoteric to the
mundane. From the pens and minds of these Black men and women flow the song lyrics:
gospel, blues, and folk; novels and short fiction; pages of Afro-American history,
especially southern Afro-American history; stories of life, and growth, and struggle;
poetry; literary criticism; drama; and works intended for juvenile ears, just to mention a
few of the genres covered within these pages. Represented also are fathers and sons, the Bonds and the Works; a mother and
son, the Stuckeys; husband and wife, the McKissacks; professional writing partners, Miller
& Lyles; and professional colleagues; Wade-Gayles & Guy-Sheftall. Subjects include
well known authors such as Fisk librarian and prolific writer Arna Bontemps, and poets
Nikki Giovanni and Etheridge Knight as well as poet, novelist, essayist Ishmael Reed and,
of course, native son Alex Haley, author of ROOTS. As an academic reference librarian, I experience first hand the frustration that students feel in their all too often vain search for information about an author. Additionally, I share with fellow instructors and librarians a desire for students to acquire positive role models. With these elements chasing my heels, I began my quest to learn the names of Tennessee writers as well as find sources which would identify biography, criticism and/or examples of works produced by these Tennessee-linked men and women. Acknowledging the immensity of this project, I humbly provide the following beginning--this paper, Remembering Black Writers Associated with Tennessee : a Representative Bibliography. If you have any comments, suggestions, etc. please contact me at ejmoore@utm.edu.
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AMERICAN
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| ABYP |
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| AIO |
APPALACHIA
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| ALA |
AMERICAN
LITERARY ALMANAC : FROM 1608 TO THE PRESENT : AN ORIGINAL COMPENDIUM OF FACTS AND
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| AMWWR |
AMERICAN
WOMEN WRITERS : A CRITICAL REFERENCE GUIDE FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT EDITED BY LINA MAINIERO. New York : Ungar, c1979-1981. |
| ANB |
AMERICAN
NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY GENERAL EDITORS, JOHN A. GARRATY, MARK C. CARNES. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. |
| ANT |
AMERICAN
NOVELISTS OF TODAY. HARRY REDCAY WARFEL, 1899 - 1971 New York, American Book Co. [1951]. |
| ART/WW |
ARTICLES
ON WOMEN WRITERS : A BIBLIOGRAPHY NARDA LACEY SCHWARTZ Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio, c1977. |
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| AWH |
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WOMEN'S HISTORY / DORIS WEATHERFORD. DORIS WEATHERFORD New York : Prentice Hall General Reference, c1994. |
| AWP |
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WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS, 1900-1930 : A CHECKLIST COMPILED BY FRANCES DIODATO BZOWSKI. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1992. |
| AWS19 |
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| BAA |
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| BAIA |
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| BAICB |
BLACK AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS : A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY BARBARA ROLLOCK New York, N.Y. : Garland, 1992 |
| BAP |
BLACK AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS, 1800 TO THE PRESENT. A BIBLIOGRAPHY. By Esther Spring Arata and Nicholas John Rotoli. |
| BASAB |
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AUTHORS : A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY JAMES EDWARD NEWBY New York : Garland, 1991 |
| BAW |
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| BAWL |
BLACK
AMERICAN WOMEN IN LITERATURE : A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1976 THROUGH 1987 RONDA GLIKIN Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1989 |
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BLACK
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| BBC |
BEST
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN : PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 6 JOHN T. GILLESPIE AND CORINNE J. NADEN, EDITORS. 5th ed. New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker, c1994 |
| BBW |
BLACKS IN
BLACK AND WHITE : A SOURCE BOOK ON BLACK FILMS HENRY T. SAMPSON, 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow press, 1995, c1993 |
| BDBA |
BIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY OF BLACK AMERICANS RACHEL KRANZ New York : Facts on File, 1992 |
| BGMI |
BIOGRAPHY
AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX New York : Gale Research |
| BGSSL |
A
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN LITERATURE, EDITED BY LOUIS D. RUBIN, JR.
WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SIXTY-EIGHT ADDITIONAL WRITERS OF THE COLONIAL SOUTH BY J. A.
LEO LEMAY. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press [1969]. |
| BIOIN |
BIOGRAPHY
INDEX Bronx, N.Y. : H. W. Wilson Co. |
| BIT |
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TENNESSEE, 1791-1970 LESTER C. LAMON. 1st ed. Knoxville : Published in cooperation with the Tennessee Historical Commission [by] the University of Tennessee Press, c1981 |
| BLC |
BLACK
LITERATURE CRITICISM : EXCERPTS FROM CRITICISM OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS OF BLACK AUTHORS OVER THE PAST 200 YEARS JAMES P. DRAPER, EDITOR Detroit : Gale Research, c1992. |
| BNAF |
A
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN FOLKLORE AND FOLKSONG CHARLES HAYWOOD New York : Dover Publications, Inc. c 1951, 1961 |
| BP |
BLACK
PLAYWRIGHTS, 1823-1977 : AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PLAYS COMPILED AND EDITED BY JAMES V. HATCH AND OMANII ABDULLAH New York : Bowker, 1977 |
| BRC |
BIOGRAPHY
RESOURCE CENTER ONLINE. The Gale Group, 1999 |
| BTH |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF TENNESSEE HISTORY, 1973-1996 EDITED BY W. CALVIN DICKINSON and ELOISE R. HITCHCOCK 1st ed. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1999. |
| BSV |
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SOUTHERN VOICES : AN ANTHOLOGY OF FICTION, POETRY, DRAMA, NONFICTION, AND CRITICAL ESSAYS EDITED BY JOHN OLIVER KILLENS AND JERRY W. WARD, JR New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Meridian, c1992 |
| BT |
BLACK
TENNESSEANS, 1900-1930 LESTER C. LAMON Lamon, Lester C., 1942- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1977. |
| BWA |
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WOMEN IN AMERICA EDITED BY KIM MARIE VAZ Vaz, Kim Marie Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1995 |
| BWCA |
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WRITERS. A SELECTION OF SKETCHES FROM "CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS." Second edition Detroit: Gale Research, 1994 |
| CA |
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS; A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO CURRENT WRITERS IN FICTION, GENERAL NONFICTION, POETRY, JOURNALISM, DRAMA, MOTION PICTURES, TELEVISION AND OTHER FIELDS Detroit : Gale Research Inc |
| CAAN |
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELISTS: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CRITICAL SOURCEBOOK / edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson |
| CANR |
CONTEMPORARY
AUTHORS. NEW REVISION SER. Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1981- |
| CBAP |
CONTEMPORARY
BLACK AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS AND THEIR PLAYS : A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY AND DRAMATIC INDEX BERNARD L. PETERSON, JR. ; FOREWORD BY JAMES V. HATCH New York : Greenwood Press, 1988 |
| CBB |
CONTEMPORARY
BLACK BIOGRAPHY. MICHAEL L. LABLANC Detroit : Gale Research Inc., c1992- |
| CBE |
CAMBRIDGE
BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. Second edition. EDITED BY DAVID CRYSTAL Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998 |
| CDAB |
CAMBRIDGE
DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY EDITED BY JOHN S. BOWMAN. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995. |
| CFW |
CONTEMPORARY
FICTION WRITERS OF THE SOUTH : A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCEBOOK EDITED BY JOSEPH M. FLORA AND ROBERT BAIN. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993. |
| CIP |
CHILDHOOD
IN POETRY. JOHN MACKAY SHAW Detroit : Gale Research, 1980. |
| CLC |
CONTEMPORARY
LITERARY CRITICISM CAROLYN RILEY Detroit, Gale Research Co. |
| CLGC |
CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE, A GUIDE TO THE CRITICISM LINNEA HENDRICKSON Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, c1987 |
| CN |
CONTEMPORARY
NOVELISTS EDITOR, SUSAN WINDISCH BROWN. New York : St. James Press, c1996 |
| COAL |
CHRONOLOGICAL
OUTLINE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SAMUEL J. ROGAL New York : Greenwood Press, 1987 |
| CON |
CONVERSATIONS
WITH WRITERS [EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, MATTHEW J.BRUCCOLI ; MANAGING EDITOR, C. E. FRAZER CLARK, JR. ; EDITORS, MARGARET M. DUGGAN, GLENDA C. FEDRICCI, CARA L. WHITE ; INTERVIEWERS, JOHN BAKER ... ET AL.]. Detroit : Gale Research Co., c1977-c1978. |
| CON 2 |
CONVERSATIONS.
VOLUME 3: "CONVERSATIONS WITH WRITERS II. CONVERSATIONS SERIES. Detroit : Gale Research, 1978 |
| CP |
CONTEMPORARY
POETS WITH A PREFACE BY ANTHONY THWAITE ; EDITOR, THOMAS RIGGS New York : St. James Press, c1996 |
| CPAA |
CONTEMPORARY
POETS IN AMERICAN ANTHOLOGIES, 1960-1977 Congdon, Kirby Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, Inc. C. 1978 |
| CPDEN |
CONTEMPORARY
POETS, DRAMATISTS, ESSAYISTS, AND NOVELISTS OF THE SOUTH : A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCEBOOK EDITED BY ROBERT BAIN AND JOSEPH M. FLORA Westport, Conn, : Greenwood Press, 1994 |
| CSP |
CONTEMPORARY
SOUTHERN POETRY : AN ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY GUY OWEN AND MARY C. WILLIAMS. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1979. |
| CSSF |
CRITICAL
SURVEY OF SHORT FICTION EDITED BY FRANK N. MAGILL Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Salem Press, c1981. |
| CURBIO |
CURRENT
BIOGRAPHY H.W. Wilson Company. Bronx, N.Y. : H.W. Wilson Co., 1940- |
| CWN |
CIVIL WAR
NOVELS : AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ALBERT J. MENENDEZ New York : Garland, 1986 |
| DAB |
DICTIONARY
OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY American Council of Learned Societies New York : Scribner, 1932-c1958 |
| DANB |
DICTIONARY
OF AMERICAN NEGRO BIOGRAPHY EDITED BY RAYFORD W. LOGAN AND MICHAEL R. WINSTON New York : Norton, c1982 |
| DAPFW |
DIRECTORY
OF AMERICAN POETS AND FICTION WRITERS New York : Poets & Writers, Inc., 1980- |
| DLB |
DICTIONARY
OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY Detroit : Gale Research, 1978- |
| DNAA |
A
DICTIONARY OF NORTH AMERICAN AUTHORS DECEASED BEFORE 1950 COMPILED BY W. STEWART WALLACE Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1968 |
| DOS |
Directory
of American scholars. Lancaster, Pa. [etc.] : Science Press [etc.], 1942-1982 . |
| EAACH |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY EDITED BY JACK SALZMAN, DAVID LIONEL SMITH, CORNEL WEST New York : Macmillan Library Reference, c1996 |
| EAH |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF AMERICAN HUMORISTS EDITED BY STEVEN H. GALE. New York : Garland, 1988. |
| EBLG |
THE
ESSENTIAL BLACK LITERATURE GUIDE ROGER M. VALADE III Valade, Roger M. Schomburg Center Guide to black literature from the eighteenth century to the present. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Detroit : Visible Ink Press, c1996 |
| ESC |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF SOUTHERN CULTURE CHARLES REAGAN WILSON & WILLIAM FERRIS, COEDITORS ; ANN J. ABADIE & MARY L. HART, ASSOCIATE EDITORS Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1989 |
| ESH |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF SOUTHERN HISTORY EDITED BY DAVID C. ROLLER AND ROBERT W. TWYMAN ; AVERY O. CRAVEN AND DEWEY W. GRANTHAM, JR., GENERAL CONSULTANTS ; PAUL V. CRAWFORD, CONSULTING CARTOGRAPHER Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1979. |
| ESL |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF SOUTHERN LITERATURE MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1997 |
| ESSL |
EXPLORING
THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH LITERATURE EDITED BY LINDA VELTZE Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1994 |
| EWB |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF WORLD BIOGRAPHY. |
| FCLE |
THE
FEMINIST COMPANION TO LITERATURE IN ENGLISH : WOMEN WRITERS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE
PRESENT [EDITORS] VIRGINIA BLAIN, PATRICIA CLEMENTS, ISOBEL GRUNDY New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990 |
| FIC |
FICTION,
1876-1983 : A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNITED STATES EDITIONS ; CLASSIFIED AUTHOR INDEX, MAIN
AUTHOR TITLE, TITLE INDEX, KEY TO PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS ABBREVIATIONS DIRECTORY OF PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS New York : Bowker, 1983 |
| FLC |
FEMINIST
LITERARY CRITICISM : A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1975-1981 WENDY FROST, MICHELE VALIQUETTE New York : Garland Pub., 1988 |
| FSWA |
FIFTY
SOUTHERN WRITERS AFTER 1900 : A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCEBOOK EDITED BY JOSEPH M. FLORA AND ROBERT BAIN. New York : Greenwood Press, 1988 |
| GLM |
GUIDE TO
LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS IN THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1979 |
| HG |
HARLEM'S
GLORY : BLACK WOMEN WRITING, 1900-1950 EDITED BY LORRAINE ELENA ROSES, RUTH ELIZABETH RANDOLPH. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996 |
| HIAL |
HUMOR IN
AMERICAN LITERATURE : A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY /DON L. F. NILSEN. New York : Garland, 1992. |
| HOM |
HOMEWORDS
: A BOOK OF TENNESSEE WRITERS DOUGLAS PASCHALL, EDITOR, ALICE SWANSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1986 |
| HOMI |
HOMESPUN
IMAGES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK MEMPHIS WRITERS AND ARTISTS MIRIAM DECOSTA-WILLIS AND FANNIE MITCHELL DELK, EDITORS Memphis: LeMoyne-Owen College, c 1989. |
| HOMK |
HOMEWORKS
: A BOOK OF TENNESSEE WRITERS PHYLLIS TICKLE, GENERAL EDITOR Knoxville : Tennessee Arts Commission and the University of Tennessee Press, c1996. |
| IAWWW |
INTERNATIONAL
AUTHORS AND WRITERS WHO’S WHO EDITED BY ERNEST KAY Cambridge: International Biographical Centre |
| IBAWCB |
INDEX TO
BLACK AMERICAN WRITERS IN COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHIES DOROTHY W. CAMPBELL Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1983. |
| IBP |
INDEX TO
BLACK POETRY DOROTHY H. CHAPMAN Boston, G. K. Hall, 1974. |
| IBW |
IN BLACK
AND WHITE. . Third Edition. Two volumes. EDITED BY MARY NACE SPRADLING Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. |
| IBWS |
IN BLACK
AND WHITE. Third Edition, Supplement. EDITED BY MARY NACE SPRADLING Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. |
| INCON |
INTERVIEWS
AND CONVERSATIONS WITH 20TH-CENTURY AUTHORS WRITING IN ENGLISH : AN INDEX STAN A. VRANA Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1982 |
| INDWOM |
INDEX TO
WOMEN OF THE WORLD FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES; BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS. NORMA OLIN IRELAND, 1907- Westwood, Mass., F. W. Faxon Co., 1970. |
| IP |
INVISIBLE
POETS : AFRO-AMERICANS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 2nd ed JOAN R. SHERMAN Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1989 |
| LBAA |
LIVING
BLACK AMERICAN AUTHORS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY ANN ALLEN SHOCKLEY AND SUE P. CHANDLER New York, R. R. Bowker Co., 1973 |
| LLLA |
LINCOLN
LIBRARY OF LANGUAGE ARTS. Columbus, OH: Frontier Press Co., 1978 |
| LLSS |
LINCOLN
LIBRARY OF SOCIAL STUDIES. Columbus, OH: Frontier Press Co., 1978 |
| LM |
LITERARY
MEMPHIS, A SURVEY OF ITS WRITERS AND WRITINGS MARSHALL WINGFIELD Memphis, Tenn., The West Tennessee Historical Society [1942] |
| LMA |
LIVE OF
MISSISSIPPI AUTHOTS, 1817-1967 EDITED BY JAMES B. LLYOD Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1981 |
| LOT |
LITERATURE
OF TENNESSEE EDITED BY RAY WILLBANKS. [Macon, Ga.] : Mercer University Press, c1984. |
| LTOT |
LEGENDS
IN THEIR OWN TIME. New York: Prentice Hall General reference, 1994. |
| MAAL |
MASTERPIECES
OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE EDITED BY FRANK N. MAGIL New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1992. |
| MBAP |
MORE BLACK AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| MBW |
MODERN
BLACK WRITERS POPKIN, MICHAEL AND SERAFIN, STEVEN New York : Unger, 1978- |
| MISCB |
MASTER
INDEX TO SUMMARIES OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ELOISE S. PETTUS, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF DANIEL D. PETTUS Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1985. |
| MS |
MEMPHIS
SKETCHES PAUL R. COPPOCK [Memphis?] : Friends of Memphis and Shelby County Libraries, c1976. |
| MSR |
A MODERN
SOUTHERN READER : MAJOR STORIES, DRAMA, POETRY, ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS, AND REMINISCENCES FROM
THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY SOUTH EDITED BY BEN FORKNER AND PATRICK SAMWAY. Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, c1986. |
| MWL |
MORE
WOMEN IN LITERATURE : CRITICISM OF THE SEVENTIES CAROL FAIRBANKS. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1979. |
| NBAW |
NOTABLE
BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN EDITED BY JESSIE CARNEY SMITH Detroit : Gale Research, c1992. |
| NCAB |
NATIONAL
CYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. New York: James T. White & Co., |
| NCMF |
NINETEENTH
CENTURY MEMPHIS FAMILIES OF COLOR, 1850-1900 ROBERTA CHURCH AND RONALD WALTER Memphis, Tenn. : printed by Murdock Print. Co., c1987. |
| NIA |
THE NEGRO
IN AMERICA; A BIBLIOGRAPHY 2d ed. COMPILED BY ELIZABETH W. MILLER Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1970. |
| NNP |
NEW NEGRO POETS, U.S.A. |
| NOTAW |
NOTABLE
AMERICAN WOMEN, 1607-1950; A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. EDITED BY EDWARD T. JAMES,
JANET WILSON JAMES, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. PAUL S. BOYER, ASSISTANT EDITOR. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. |
| NOTAWM |
NOTABLE
AMERICAN WOMEN : THE MODERN PERIOD : A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY EDITED BY BARBARA SICHERMAN, CAROL HURD GREEN WITH ILENE KANTROV, HARRIETTE WALKER. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980. |
| NSSW |
NEW
STORIES BY SOUTHERN WOMEN EDITED BY MARY ELLIS GIBSON. Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c1989. |
| NTAIC |
NATIVE
TENNESSEE AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE MARY FRANCES PHENICIE Nashville, TENNESSEE : Douglas Printing Inc., c1996 |
| NVAF |
NEGRO
VOICES IN AMERICAN FICTION HUGH M. GLOSTER New York, Russell & Russell, 1965 [c1948] |
| OXAL |
THE
OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE JAMES D. HART New York : Oxford University Press, 1983. |
| OXCAAL |
OXFORD
COMPANION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE EDITED BY WILLIAM L. ANDREWS, FRANCES SMITH FOSTER, TRUDIER HARRIS New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. |
| OXCWW |
THE
OXFORD COMPANION TO WOMEN'S WRITING IN THE UNITED STATES EDITORS IN CHIEF, CATHY N.
DAVIDSON, LINDA WAGNER-MARTIN ; EDITORS, ELIZABETH AMMONS ... [ET AL.]. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. |
| PAAT |
PROFILES
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN TENNESSEE BOBBY L. LOVETT AND LINDA T. WYNN, EDITORS Nashville : Annual Local Conference on Afro-American Culture and History, 1996. |
| PAS |
THE
POETICS OF APPALACHIAN SPACE EDITED BY PARKS LANIER, JR. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1991. |
| PBA |
POETRY OF
BLACK AMERICA; ANTHOLOGY OF THE 20th CENTURY ARNOLD ADOFF New York, Harper & Row [1973] |
| PIH |
PEOPLE IN
HISTORY AN INDEX TO U.S. AND CANADIAN BIOGRAPHIES IN HISTORY JOURNALS AND DISSERTATIONS. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1988. |
| REAL |
THE
READERS ENCYLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE MAX J. HERZBERG New York, Crowell [1962] |
| RGAHB |
RESEARCH
GUIDE TO AMERICAN HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY EDITED BY ROBERT MUCCIGROSSO Washington, D.C. : Beacham Pub., c1988- <c1992 > |
| RGAL |
REFERENCE
GUIDE TO AMERICAN LITERATURE Chicago ; London : St James, 1987- |
| RGBC |
RESEARCH
GUIDE TO BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM EDITED BY WALTON BEACHAM Washington, D.C. : Research Pub., c1985-c1991 |
| RIS |
RENAISSANCE
IN THE SOUTH; A CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE, 1920-1960. JOHN MERRILL BRADBURY, 1818-1876 Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [c1963]. |
| SATA |
SOMETHING
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Detroit, Mich. :Gale Research Company |
| SBAAC |
SELECTED BLACK AMERICAN, AFRICAN, AND CARIBBEAN AUTHORS. A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY. compiled by James A. Page and Jae Min Roh. |
| SBCW |
SOUTHERN
BLACK CREATIVE WRITERS, 1829 -1953 : BIOBIBLIOGRAPHIES COMPILED BY M. MARIE BOOTH FOSTER New York : Greenwood Press, 1988 |
| SPW |
SOUTHERN
POOR WHITES : A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLISHED SOURCES J. WAYNE FLYNT, DOROTHY S. FLYNT. New York : Garland Pub., c1981. |
| SW |
SOUTHERN
WRITERS : A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY EDITED BY ROBERT BAIN, JOSEPH M. FLORA, AND LOUIS D. RUBIN, JR Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1979 |
| TAAFPD |
TENNESSEE
AUTHORS OF ADULT FICTION, POETRY & DRAMA: 1970S -1990S Tennessee State Library and Archives http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/tnauth1.htm |
| TBL |
TENNESSEE
BELLES-LETTRES : A GUIDE TO TENNESSEE LITERATURE JOHN W. WARREN, ADRIAN W. MCCLAREN Morristown, Tenn. : Morrison Printing Co., c1977 |
| TCLC |
TWENTIETH-CENTURY
LITERARY CRITICISM Detroit, Mich., Gale Research Co |
| TENC |
TENNESSEE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORY & CULTURE EDITED BY CARROLL VAN WEST Nashville : Rutledge Hill Press, 1998 |
| TFC |
TENNESSEE
FOLK CULTURE : AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ELEANOR E. GOEHRING Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1982 |
| TGS |
TENNESSEE;
A GUIDE TO THE STATE, COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY THE FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT OF THE
WORKS PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE STATE OF TENNESSEE New York, Hastings House, 1974 |
| TH |
TENNESSEE
HISTORY, A BIBLIOGRAPHY SAM B. SMITH, EDITOR AND COMPILER Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, c1974 |
| TL |
TALKING
LEAVES [videorecording] : A REGIONAL FOCUS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, MARY HELEN KARPINSKI Memphis : Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center, 1981. |
| TSL |
TENNESSEE
STUDIES IN LITERATURE Knoxville : Tennessee Philological Association and University of Tennessee, 1956- |
| TT |
TIMELESS
TENNESSEANS JAMES A. CRUTCHFIELD Huntsville, Ala. : Strode Publishers, c1984 |
| TWCEA |
TWENTIETH
CENTURY AUTHORS, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MODERN LITERATURE EDITED BY STANLEY J. KUNITZ AND HOWARD HAYCRAFT; COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME WITH 1850 BIOGRAPHIES AND 1700 PORTRAITS. New York, Wilson, 1942. |
| TWCEAS |
TWENTIETH
CENTURY AUTHORS: FIRST SUPPLEMENT. A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MODERN LITERATURE EDITED BY STANLEY J. KUNITZ; ASSISTANT EDITOR, VINETA COLBY. New York, Wilson, c1955. |
| TWIV |
TENNESSEE
WOMAN : AN INFINITE VARIETY WILMA DYKEMAN Newport, TENNESSEE : Wakestone Books, c1993 |
| TWPP |
TENNESSEE
WOMEN, PAST AND PRESENT WILMA DYKEMAN S.l. : s.n., c1977 |
| W3NAA |
WHO WAS
WHO AMONG NORTH AMERICAN AUTHORS, 1921-1939. Compiled from "Who’s Who Among
North American Authors," Volumes 1-7, 1921-1939. Two volumes. Gale Composite
Biographical Dictionary Series, Number 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. |
| WA |
WORLD
AUTHORS, 1900-1950 EDITED BY MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH AND ANDREW KIMMENS New York : H.W. Wilson, 1996. |
| WA1970 |
WORLD
AUTHORS, 1970-1975 EDITED BY JOHN WAKEMAN New York : Wilson, 1980 |
| WD |
THE
WRITERS DIRECTORY London, St. James Press, New York, St. Martins Press |
| WIL |
WOMEN IN
LITERATURE : CRITICISM OF THE SEVENTIES CAROL FAIRBANKS MYERS. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1976. |
| WIP |
WOMEN IN
PARTICULAR : AN INDEX TO AMERICAN WOMEN KALI HERMAN Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1984 |
| WISL |
WOMEN IN
SOUTHERN LITERATURE : AN INDEX COMPILED BY PATRICIA SWEENEY. New York : Greenwood Press, 1986. |
| WWA |
WHO'S WHO
IN AMERICA Chicago : A.N. Marquis, c1899- |
| WWAA |
WHO’S
WHO AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS 11th ed. Gale Research, 1998. |
| WWAW |
WHO'S WHO
OF AMERICAN WOMEN. Chicago, Marquis Who's Who, inc. |
| WWBA |
WHO'S WHO
AMONG BLACK AMERICANS Northbrook, Ill., Who's who among Black Americans, inc., Pub. Co. |
| WWE |
WHO'S WHO
IN ENTERTAINMENT Wilmette, Ill. : Marquis Who's Who, c1988- |
| WWIUS |
WHO'S WHO
IN U.S. WRITERS, EDITORS & POETS. Highland Park, IL : December Press, c1987- |
| WWS&SW |
WHO’S
WHO IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. Chicago, Marquis Who's Who [etc.] c 1947- |
| WWU&C |
WHO'S WHO
IN WRITERS, EDITORS & POETS. UNITED STATES & CANADA EDITED BY CURT JOHNSON Highland Park, IL: December Press, 1989- |
| WWWA |
WHO WAS
WHO IN AMERICA Chicago, Marquis-Who's Who [etc.] |
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AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, FIRST NAME (followed by any known pseudonyms); [city/county of birth - if born in Tennessee]; year of birth/death if known; |
