African American Short Fiction
Although not as well recognized or appreciated as the novel or drama, the
short stories of twentieth century African American writers have,
nevertheless, occasionally been very well accepted. Among those either
critically acclaimed or popularly well received were Jean Toomer (for his
Cane, not a novel but a unified collection of short stories),
Langston Hughes, Richard Wright (Uncle Tom's Children and Eight Men), and numerous contemporary authors.
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