During the 1960s, the architects of the black arts movement--Imamu Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Larry Neal, Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee), Addison Gayle, and others--demanded that black writers use their ta...
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John Edgar Wideman has firmly established himself as one of the most respected contemporary writers, as evidenced by his receipt of the P.E.N./Faulkner Award in 1984 and 1991. The author of ten books...
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"Emancipating From Society"
In "Our Time," John Wideman bravely dives into the pits of a scorpion society - one that juxtaposes the poor and minorities with the rich and people in power - in an atte...
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John Edgar Wideman
