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WHAT DO I READ NEXT? MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
“A autobiographical guide to over 1,350 titles from African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native-American literature.  Entries are arranged alphabetically by title within each group”.

Ref  016.8109 Pec
AMERICAN ETHNIC LITERATURE: NATIVE AMERICAN, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, CHICANO/LATINO AND ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS AND THEIR BACKGROUNDS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“An annotated bibliography that provides listings of primary works in the four major American ethnic literature’s”.

Ref 028 B644
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
Monthly (10) month). Bound annual volumes. Lowell has 1927 to date. An index to reviews in periodicals of current fiction and non-fiction published or distributed in the  United States, with excerpts from reviews. A book must have received several reviews in order to be listed. Arranged by authors, with both subject and title index. Cumulative index every four years.

Ref 803 B435
THE READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA  A dictionary-encyclopedia of literature, art, music, with brief listings for titles, names of characters, authors, schools of thought and practice,  phrases and terms.

Ref 803 Har
EVERYMAN'S DICTIONARY OF EUROPEAN WRITERS
Condensed  biographical information--usually one paragraph each--on about  2000 important or influential European writers. Helpful for  more obscure figures.

Ref 809 Sey
WHO'S WHO IN 2OTH CENTURY LITERATURE.  Brief entries for
writers from 1900 to 1976, concentrating on English-language  writers, with some foreign authors. Entries also for movements; e.g. “Expressionism” .

809 Wor 1980-1985
WORLD AUTHORS 1980-1985
“Provides accounts of writer’s life and works, summaries of critical response, and bibliographies”.
 
 
 
 
 

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WORLD LITERATURE SINCE 1945
Articles covering the major movements in fiction, drama and poetry, by country--from  America to Yugoslavia.(For example, Denmark 22 pages, Italy 37 pages.) Index by authors.

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THE SCHOMBURG CENTER GUIDE TO BLACK LITERATURE FROM THE 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
“Includes biographies of nearly 500 authors and synopses of nearly 500 works”.

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CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM
Passages from published criticism of works by well- known writers. Indexed by writer  and by critic. Lowell has 14 volumes.

Ref 810 BRA
THE PENGUIN COMPANION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE.  Brief  biographical and critical summaries of "the most important  names in American writing" with emphasis on the 20th century, from the British point of view. Articles are initialed by one of 23 contributors. Has a separate section on the Latin  American writers.

810 Jac
A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE: VOL 1” THE LONG BEGINNING, 1740-1895
“Presents an in-depth study of African-American literature in the united States...Includes discussion on novels, poetry folk literature, slave narratives, sermons and history”.

810 Who
A WHOLE OTHER GAME: WOMEN’S LITERATURE ON WOMEN’S SPORTS
“A collection of short stories, poems, and novel excerpts, unified by the theme of women’s sports”.

Ref 810.3 H251-1965
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE 1941. A  single thick volume with brief entries for American   authors, works and literary movements and allusions. Gives information on mythology, art, science, etc. as  related to American literature. Biographical entries emphasize the works.

810.8 Ai38 AIEEEEEE!
An anthology of Asian American authors.
 
 
 
 

810.8 Big
THE BIG AIEEEEEE! AN ANTHOLOGY OF  CHINESE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE LITERATURE
“A selection of Asian American poetry, prose and drama including stories by Sui Sin Far, poems from the Songs of Gold Mountain and poems by Wing Tek Lim and Lawson Fusao Inada...”

810.8 Dan
DANCING ON THE RIM OF THE WORLD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF COMTEMPORARY NORTHWEST WRITERS
A study of Twentieth Century Native American writers from the Pacific Northwest.

810.8 Gib
FIVE BLACK WRITERS: ESSAYS ON WRIGHT, ELLISON, BALDWIN, HUGES AND LEROI JONES
Covers these Twentieth Century  writers up to the 1970’s.

810.8 Hsu
ASIAN AMERICAN AUTHORS
Covers examples of Chinese-American, Japanese-American, and Flipino-American literature.

810.8 Lat
THE LATINO READER: AN AMERICAN LITERATURY TRADITION FROM 1542 TO THE PRESENT
“An anthology of  history, memories, letters, esays, fiction, poetry and drama of Latino history and  culture”.

810.8 Lim
THE FORBIDDEN STITCH: AN ASIAN AMERICAN WOMANS ANTHOLOGY
“An anthology of writing by Asian American Women.”

810.8 Mak
MAKING MORE WAVES: NEW WRITING BY ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN
“A collection of  autobiographical writings, short stories, poetry, essays and photos by and about Asian American Women.”

810.9 Ame
AMERICAN DRAGONS: TWENTY FIVE ASIAN AMERICAN VOICES
“Includes short stories, poems and excerpts from plays that relate what it is like growing up Asian American
 
 
 
 

810.9 Asi
ASIAN-AMERICAN WRITERS
Essays on works by a number of Asian-American authors including Joy Kagawa and Maxine Hong Kingston.

810.9 Nat
NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS: MODERN CRITICAL VIEWS
“This book, a collection of eighteen critical essays on the works of Native American writers...”.

810.9 Ret
RETURNING THE GIFT: POETRY AND PROSE FROM THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE WRITERS FESTIVAL
“An anthology of stories and songs from every corner of the continent, presenting a wide range of tribal affiliations”.

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NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORKS, CHARACTERS, AUTHORS AND THEMES
“An encyclopedia of Native American literatures featuring articles on individual authors, on individual works, on important characters in works, and on terms and events of historical significence that figure in many of the works”.

813 Mi32
WOMEN WRITERS OF THE SHORT STORY: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS
A series of essays that analize the works of a number of women short story authors.

Ref 820.3 Dai
THE PENGUIN COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE
The main   function of this work," says the Foreword, " is to enable the  reader to find out quickly exactly what the significance of a  writer is, the kind of interest his work  possesses, the main  facts of his career, and where further knowledge can be             obtained."  Writers of the British Isles and English  language writers in Commonwealth countries.

Ref 820.3 H251-1967
 THE OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE
A single thick volume with brief entries for English  authors , works and literary movements and allusions. Gives information on mythology, art, science, etc. as                    related to English literature.  Biographical entries  emphasize the authors' works.
 
 
 
 

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WHO’S WHO IN SHAKESPEARE
A complete guide to the characters in Shakespeare’s plays. It covers both leading and minor characters.

Ref 860.998 M855l
 LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ITS TIMES
“ Profiles notable works from Latin American Literature and discusses how they were influenced by specific historical events”.

Ref 859
MODERN JAPJANESE WRITERS
“A handy one-volume reference work on the most important modern Japanese writers”.

896 AFR
AFRICAN  LITERATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
This work includes 38 national surveys and 43 individual articles on major  writers. It also encompasses...”the Arabic-speaking countries of northern Africa, including Egypt...black and white writers of sub-Saharan Africa writing in English, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans, Creole languages, and the indigenous languages of the continent...:.

Ref 896 AFR
AFRICAN WRITERS
This 2 volume set covers writers of various ethnic groups and regions of Africa. It includes a listing of writers by country as well as a chronology of events that covers parts of the 19th and 20th centuries.

897 V544
AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE: AN ANTHOLOGY
“An anthology of Native American tales, songs,memoirs, poetry, oratory, and fiction:.

Ref 920 C767
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS. Annual volume.  Lowell has volumes
1-104.  "A Bio-bibliographical guide to current authors and   their works."  Arranged by last name.  For each author, gives  the following kinds of information in condensed form:
personal, career, memberships, writings, work in progress, avocational interests, sources.  Cumulative index every few  years.

Ref 920 C936
CURRENT BIOGRAPHY
Monthly (11 months). Bound annual volumes. Lowell has 1940 to date. Articles on people prominent in the  news. Photographs. List of references at the end of each  article. Indexes annually and every 2, 4, 6, and 10 years.
Alphabetical by last name. Also index by occupation. Authors  indexed under "Literature."
Necrology in each issue.

Ref 920 K962
TWENTIETH  CENTURY AUTHORS
Biographies of about 1850 20th century writers of all nations.  Articles on writers, often with a photograph and usually incorporating some statements by the writer. References at the end of each article give words by and about the author.

Ref 920 K962t
20th CENTURY AUTHORS, FIRST SUPPLEMENT
Brings the 1942 edition up to date and adds some 700 new authors.

Ref 920 K962
AUTHORS TODAY AND YESTERDAY. 1933
Short accounts of the lives and works of some 320 writers from 1900-1933.

Ref 920 K962a
AMERICAN AUTHORS 1600-1900
Biographies of almost 1300 American authors from 1607 to 1900, none living.

Ref 920 B996b
BRITISH AUTHORS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Brief accounts of the lives of more than 1800 major and minor British authors of  the 19th century. Includes authors of Canada, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand.

Ref 920 K962ba
BRITISH AUTHORS BEFORE 1800
Brief biographies of some 650 authors from the dawn of English literature to Cowper and Burns. Entries are alphabetical, from about 300-1500 words, with a   portrait and list of principal works.

Ref 920 K962e
EUROPEAN AUTHORS, 1000-1900
Omits best known ancient writers and those of 20th after 1925. Brief biographies of nearly 1000 writers of 31 countries.

Ref 920 Lat
LATIN AMERICAN WRITERS
“Contains 176 essays that examine the lives, works and literary contributions of 149 Spanish-American, and twenty-seven Brazilian authors, representing the genres of chronicle, poetry, theater, prose, fiction and essay”.

Ref 920 Twe
 TWENTIETH-CENTURY AUTHORS BIOGRAPHIES MASTER INDEX
“A consolidated index to more than  170,00 biographical sketches concerning modern day authors as they appear in a selection of the principal biographical dictionaries devoted to authors, poets, journalist and other literature figures:.

Ref 920.03 WAK
WORLD AUTHORS 1950-1970
A companion volume to 20th CENTURY  AUTHORS (1942) and its FIRST SUPPLEMENT (1955).
The earlier authors have not been brought forward into this volume, but  959 more recent authors are given a biographical article, a  photograph, and a list of works by and about the author.

Ref 920.03 Ash
WHO'S WHO IN SCIENCE FICTION. 1976.
About 400 brief entries of noted writers, editors, and illustrators of science fiction - about one paragraph each to maximum of three pages.
 
 
 
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