Everett, 68, would do away with the canon altogether if he could ... bristled at being categorized in the genre of African American fiction, especially considering he has written everything ...

However, he couldn't have foreseen just how important what he saved would become to the American literary canon. Start the ...

T. S. Eliot called it a "masterpiece." Now an accepted part of the American literary canon, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is required reading in over 70 percent of American high schools and is ...

Daunted by the breadth of the material, I fear I will never be well read enough.

COME MEET THE PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT STOOD AGAINST RACISM AND INEQUALITY TO HELP ESTABLISH AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY CANON THAT BUILT AND FORTIFIED A COMMUNITY. KICKING OFF THE DAY at 9 ...

However, he couldn't have foreseen just how important what he saved would become to the American literary canon. “He’s an archival superhero because of his intervention,” said Florence ...

For many, however, James has become an important companion piece to Mark Twain’s work, the book “all American literature comes from,” to quote ... Everett, 68, would do away with the canon altogether ...