TY - BOOK AU - Oliver, Stephanie Stokes. TI - Black ink : : literary legends on the peril, power, and pleasure of reading and writing SN - 978501154287 AV - E 184.6 .B53 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - New York : PB - Simon & Schuster, KW - AFRICAN AMERICANS KW - BOOKS AND READING KW - INTELLECTUAL LIFE KW - SOCIAL CONDITIONS KW - AFRICAN AMERICANS IN LITERATURE KW - AMERICAN LITERATURE KW - AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS KW - UNITED STATES N1 - The Peril 1800-1900.--The Power 1900-1968.--The Pleasure 1968-2017 N2 - "Spanning 250 years, this carefully-curated collection of 25 essays features the earliest Black authors who wrote as means of resistance in a time when their literacy was illegal and the brilliant writers who have continued their legacy--utilizing the power of the written word to create change, insert a diversity of experience into the "mainstream," and make a profound impact on our communities and the world"-- Provided by publishers ER -