Black writing

Classic American writing

Harper, Frances E. W. [USA]

Iola [CLA]
{first pub. 1892} X Press, 1994

Hopkins, Pauline A. [USA]

Hagar’s daughter
{first pub. 1900} X Press, 2000
This is the story of the wife of a rich, white landowner who discovers that her origins conceal a drop of 'black' blood. Terrified her husband will find out she embarks on a desperate attempt to wipe out the stain of her ancestry.

Hurston, Zora Neale [USA]

Their eyes were watching God
{first pub. 1937] Virago, 1986
Ebony Reads Top 25 title

Schuyler, George S. [USA]

Black no more
{first pub. 1932} X Press, 1998
A scathingly humorous novel by leading satirist, George Schuyler, this is the story of the adventures of Max Disher, the young black protagonist who thanks to the scientific discovery of a brilliant doctor, becomes white.