Articles written by Sharyn Skeeter
All 23 articles written by Sharyn Skeeter
They Followed the Trade Winds: African Americans in Hawai’i
Category: History Books
Take a rare look at black history in the Pacific. African Americans were missionaries, teachers, cowboys, and more long before Hawaii became a state. more...
Native Son: Richard Wright's Classic Novel
Category: African-American Fiction
Richard Wright's best-selling novel has influenced generations of African-American authors. more...
A Love No Less: Compiled and edited by Pamela Newkirk
Category: African-American Fiction
Read more than two centuries of African-American love letters from slaves, Harlem Renaissance writers, celebrities, and everyday people. more...
Poetry for Valentine's Day: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni
Category: African-American Fiction
Looking for a book for gift giving? Nikki Giovanni's poetry collection might be the answer. more...
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes: A Musical African-American Holiday Tradition
Category: North American Playwrights
Celebrate with gospel, dance, poetry and more in Langston Hughes' traditional Christmas play and read about its 1960s controversy. more...
Interview with Colleen J. McElroy: Poet, fiction writer, editor, memoir author
Category: African-American Fiction
Award-winning author and poet, Colleen J. McElroy, discusses her travels as a writer and her new work. more...
Category: African-American Fiction
Ronald Fair has published novels, short stories, plays, and poetry. His novel, Hog Butcher, was adapted as the movie, Cornbread, Earl and Me. more...
Interview with Vickie Stringer: Dirty Red author and Hip-Hop book publisher
Category: African-American Fiction
Vickie Stringer is a leader in the Hip-Hop literature genre. She is a novelist who founded her own international publishing company, Triple Crown Publications. more...
Dorothy West: Author of The Living Is Easy and The Wedding
Category: African-American Fiction
Novelist, journalist Dorothy West was the The Kid of the Harlem Renaissance. more...
Claude McKay: Harlem Renaissance Poet and Novelist
Category: African-American Fiction
Meet the young novelist from Jamaica who upset W.E.B. DuBois. more...
Zora Neale Hurston: Harlem Renaissance author
Category: African-American Fiction
Hurston is best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God, but this controversial author wrote other novels, stories, plays, and more. more...
Category: African-American Fiction
The short sayings, aphorisms, in Jean Toomer's Essentials can change the way you think. more...
James Baldwin: Notes of a Native Son
Category: African-American Fiction
Baldwin's essays give insights into the lives of African-Americans in post-World War II America. more...
Richard Wright: Blueprint for Negro Writing
Category: African-American Fiction
Richard Wright's new view of African-American writing after the Harlem Renaissance. more...
E. Ethelbert Miller: How We Sleep on the Nights We Don't Make Love
Category: African-American Fiction
Miller's poetry is thoughtful and kind, but it also forces us to deal with the harsh realities of love, family, racism, and war. more...
African-American History Month: Candidates for President
Category: History Books
Barack Obama, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Alan Keyes, Carol Moseley Braun, and Lenora Fulani are African Americans who have run for U.S. president. more...
Colleen J. McElroy: Part 2: Poet, fiction writer, editor
Category: African-American Fiction
Colleen J. McElroy gives advice to new writers and discusses how literary journal editors choose what to publish. more...
Ronald Fair: Part 2: The movie Cornbread Earl and Me is based on Fair's novel Hog Butcher
Category: African-American Fiction
In this part Ronald Fair, the prize-winning Christian author, talks about his experiences with making movies. more...
Vickie Stringer: Part 2: Insider's View of Publishing
Category: African-American Fiction
Novelist and publisher, Vickie Stringer, speaks out on publishing and offers advice to new writers. more...
Harlem Renaissance Poets: The Heart of the Literary Movement
Category: African-American Fiction
Many memorable poets did their best writing during the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. more...
Nella Larsen: Author of Quicksand and Passing
Category: African-American Fiction
Read Nella Larsen's novels for her take on women's sexuality, race, and the African-American middle class. more...
Faire Gallery/Cafe: Open Mike Readings at New Art Gallery
Category: African-American Fiction
You're invited to Faire Gallery/Cafe's Open Mike on the 27th of the month. Read your work, listen, have a great time! more...
Category: African-American Fiction
Read The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain to understand the Harlem Renaissance writers. more...
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