Front cover of the book 'African American Literature: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama' by Demetrie A. Worley and Jesse Perry, Jr.
A close-up of an open book page showing the title 'The Only Man on Liberty Street' by William Melvin Kelley, with black serif text on a warm beige paper background. shows the personal note tucked into the pages.
Original handwritten note found laid into African American Literature, preserved as reading ephemera from the Everett Hoagland Working Library.
Top edge showing Everett Hoagland's ownership stamp identifying this copy from his working library.
Back cover of African American Literature describing the anthology's authors, educational features, and classroom use.
Copyright page showing the 1995 printing published by National Textbook Company
Everett Hoagland's red-pencil annotations and reading marks within African American Literature, documenting his active engagement with the text.
Everett Hoagland's red-pencil annotations and reading marks within African American Literature, documenting his active engagement with the text.
Lower page margins showing water staining and rippling that does not affect the readability of the text.
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Front cover of the book 'African American Literature: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama' by Demetrie A. Worley and Jesse Perry, Jr.A close-up of an open book page showing the title 'The Only Man on Liberty Street' by William Melvin Kelley, with black serif text on a warm beige paper background. shows the personal note tucked into the pages. Original handwritten note found laid into African American Literature, preserved as reading ephemera from the Everett Hoagland Working Library.Top edge showing Everett Hoagland's ownership stamp identifying this copy from his working library.Back cover of African American Literature describing the anthology's authors, educational features, and classroom use.Copyright page showing the 1995 printing published by National Textbook CompanyEverett Hoagland's red-pencil annotations and reading marks within African American Literature, documenting his active engagement with the text.Everett Hoagland's red-pencil annotations and reading marks within African American Literature, documenting his active engagement with the text.Lower page margins showing water staining and rippling that does not affect the readability of the text.

African American Literature | Everett Hoagland Working Library

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Book Details
Editors: Demetrice A. Worley and Jesse Perry, Jr.
Title: African American Literature: An Anthology of Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
Foreword: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: National Textbook Company, a division of NTC Publishing Group
Place of Publication: Lincolnwood, Illinois
Year: 1995
Printing: 1995 Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Language: English
ISBN: 0-8442-5727-3

Description

African American Literature is a comprehensive anthology of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama spanning more than two centuries of African American literary achievement. Featuring works by Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Charles Chesnutt, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, Ernest J. Gaines, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Martin Luther King Jr., Claude McKay, Toni Morrison, Malcolm X, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, William Melvin Kelley, and many others, the anthology serves as an important educational resource introducing readers to the richness and diversity of African American literature and culture.

Designed for classroom use, the volume includes historical introductions, author biographies, critical thinking exercises, writing activities, and a glossary of literary terms, making it an enduring reference for African American studies, literary criticism, and secondary and collegiate instruction.

Condition

Trade paperback. Good to Very Good. Binding remains square and sound. Covers show light shelf and handling wear. Water staining and rippling are present along the lower margins of several leaves from a previous moisture exposure but do not affect readability or the integrity of the text. Interior otherwise clean.

This copy retains Everett Hoagland's ownership stamp on the top edge, an original handwritten note laid into the text, and contemporary red-pencil marginal annotations documenting Hoagland's active reading and engagement with the anthology.

Collection History

This volume comes from the Everett Hoagland Working Library. It retains Hoagland's ownership stamp together with original reading ephemera and marginal annotations, providing direct evidence of its use by the award-winning poet, educator, and first Poet Laureate of New Bedford, Massachusetts (1994–1998).

Hoagland's poetry and teaching explored many of the writers represented in this anthology, including James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison. His annotations and reading marks transform this copy from a standard teaching anthology into a documented working copy reflecting the intellectual life of one of the important voices in late twentieth-century African American poetry.

From the Everett Hoagland Working Library

This volume comes from the personal working library of Everett Hoagland (1942–2025)—award-winning poet, educator, and the first Poet Laureate of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Carefully assembled over decades of writing, teaching, and scholarship, his library reflects a lifelong engagement with African American literature, Black history, jazz and blues, the Black Arts Movement, poetry, education, and social justice. Books retaining Hoagland's ownership marks, annotations, or original ephemera offer collectors and institutions a unique opportunity to acquire volumes documenting the intellectual influences that shaped his work.