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Tananarive Due (born 1966) writer specializing in Black speculative fiction, and professor of Black Horror and Afrofuturism [7] Henry Dumas (1934–1968) Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), poet; Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935) David Anthony Durham (born 1969) Richard Durham, (1917–1984), wrote radio series Destination Freedom; Michael Eric ...
Prefixes such as La/Le, Da/De, Ra/Re, or Ja/Je and suffixes such as -ique/iqua, -isha (for girls), -ari and -aun/awn (for boys) are common, as well as inventive spellings for common names. The book Baby Names Now: From Classic to Cool—The Very Last Word on First Names places the origins of "La" names in African-American culture in New Orleans ...
The magazine encouraged writers, Black or White, to offer honest assessments of modern Southern life and to work for social and economic reform; it criticized those who ignored the Old South's poverty and racial injustice. It quickly gained regional fame as a forum for liberal thought, undergoing two name changes to reflect its expanding scope.
Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825) Lesley Beake (born 1949) Mark Behr (born 1963), South Africa/Tanzania; Dricky Beukes (1918–1999) Lauren Beukes (born 1976) Steve Biko (1946–1977) Troy Blacklaws (born 1965) François Bloemhof (born 1962) Elleke Boehmer (born 1961) Dugmore Boetie (c.1924–1966) Stella Blakemore (1906–1991) William Bolitho ...
An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In Which Are Inserted the Characters of a Pedant, a Squire, a Beau, a Vertuoso, a Poetaster, a City-Critick, &c. In a Letter to a Lady. Written by a Lady, Judith Drake (1697) [15] A Serious Proposal, Part II, Mary Astell (1697) The Adventure of the Black Lady, Aphra Behn (1697) [16]
Babb's critical dustbowl novel, Whose Names Are Unknown, was published a year before her death after being shelved for over 60 years. The novel, which centers on the hardship and ultimate westward migration of the Dunne family, was a victim of "poor timing", [ 31 ] as John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was published concurrently.
The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1970 through 1975. [1] The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown.
The Secret in the Old Attic: 1944 1970 22 The Clue in the Crumbling Wall: 1945 1973 23 Mystery of the Tolling Bell: 1946 24 The Clue in the Old Album: 1947 1977 25 The Ghost of Blackwood Hall: 1948 1967 26 George Waller, Jr. The Clue of the Leaning Chimney: 1949 27 Margaret Scherf: The Secret of the Wooden Lady: 1950 28 Whilemina Rankin: The ...