Black American Women Poets and Dramatists

The seventeen women poets and dramatists described are Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Childress, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Frances E.W. Harper, Georgia Douglas Johnson, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Thylias Moss, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, Margaret Walker, and Phillis Wheatley. A biographical summary, critical extracts and a bibliographical listing are provided for each author.