the rest of this chapter focuses on authors of the past combatting these viewpoints and stereotypes in prose/poetry and literary critisism...and after reading through all these black authors i can agree that there is more than enough literature from the black experience to teach years of curriculum in our schools. the latter part of this chapter devoted a good 30 pages at showing this. the versatility of thee authors is amazing as well! even for someone who reads within this realm of literature, i was swamped by the number of authors i'd not heard of...TIME TO RECLAIM and BUILD on the foundation of the past.

there is TOO much out there in our own genre to be focusing on the likes of Edgar Allen Poe and neglecting our experience and history...