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Article: AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE; THERE IS MORE TO READ BY BLACK AUTHORS THAN EVER BEFORE.(SERIES: Black History Month)(CNY)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 6, 2005
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Byline: Laura T. Ryan Staff writer
In the 1920s and'30s, the Harlem Renaissance set off an explosion of creativity in arts and culture among African-Americans, introducing readers to such writers as James Weldon Johnson and Langston Hughes.
Decades later, the Black Arts Movement of the 1970s galvanized a new generation of writers - including Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez and Nikki Giovanni - to organize poetry readings, create literary magazines, launch small presses.
And now, another seismic shift.
In recent years, the publishing industry has witnessed a boom in African-American literature. The growth cuts across nearly every genre ...