Objectives:
*Read a work by an American author. (Work may be a novel or a short
story. Check with your teacher.)
*Research literary criticism of that author.
*Write a paper showing an understanding of the work.
Paper must include a works cited page.
Potential authors and works: (If you have other ideas, ask your teacher)
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| Angelou, Maya | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (autobiography) | Fic Angelou |
| All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (autobio) | Fic Angelou | |
| Baldwin, James | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Fic Baldwin |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Fic Baldwin | |
| Just Above My Head | Fic Baldwin | |
| Giovanni's Room | Fic Baldwin | |
| Another Country | Fic Baldwin | |
| Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone | Fic Baldwin | |
| No Name in the Street | Fic Baldwin | |
| The Devil Finds Work | Fic Baldwin | |
| Going to Meet the Man | Fic Baldwin | |
| Bambara, Toni Cade | The Salt Eaters | Fic Bambara |
| Gorilla, My Love (short stories) | Fic Bambara | |
| The Seabirds Are Still Alive (short stories) | Fic Bambara | |
| Those Bones Are Not My Child | Fic Bambara | |
| Bradley, David | The Chaneysville Incident | Fic Bradley |
| Campbell, Bebe Moore | Your Blues Ain't Like Mine | Fic Campbell |
| Singing in the Comeback Choir | Fic Campbell | |
| Cary, Lorene | Black Ice | Fic Cary |
| Pride | Fic Cary | |
| Chesnutt, Charles | The Marrow of Tradition | Fic Chesnutt |
| The Conjure Woman | Fic Chesnutt | |
| Childress, Alice | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich | Fic Childress |
| Rainbow Jordan | Fic Childress | |
| Clarke, Breena | River Cross My Heart | Fic Clarke |
| Dove, Rita | Through the Ivory Gate | Fic Dove |
| Du Bois, W.E.B. | Dark Princess | Fic Du Bois |
| Ellison, Ralph | Invisible Men | Fic Ellison |
| Juneteenth | Fic Ell | |
| Fauset, Jessie | Plum Bun | Fic Fauset |
| There Is Confusion | Fic Fauset | |
| The Chinaberry Tree | Fic Fauset | |
| Comedy: American Style | Fic Fauset | |
| Fisher, Rudolph | Joy and Pain | Fic Fisher |
| The Walls of Jericho | Fic Fisher | |
| The Conjure Man Dies | Fic Fisher | |
| Gaines, Ernest | Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman | Fic Gaines |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Fic Gaines | |
| In My Father's House | Fic Gaines | |
| A Gathering of Old Men | Fic Gaines | |
| Of Love and Dust | Fic Gaines | |
| Haley, Alex | Roots | Fic Haley |
| Mama Flora's Family | Fic Haley | |
| Harris, Wilson | Palace of the Peacock | Fic Harris |
| Himes, Chester | Yesterday Will Make You Cry | Fic Himes |
| The Lonely Crusade | Fic Himes | |
| If He Hollers Let Him Go | Fic Himes | |
| Hughs, Langston | Best of Simple | Fic Hughs |
| Not Without Laughter | Fic Hughs | |
| Hurston, Zora Neale | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Fic Hurston |
| Dustracks on the Road | Fic Hurston | |
| Jonah's Ground Vine | Fic Hurston | |
| Moses, Man of the Mountain | Fic Hurston | |
| Seraph on the Sewanee | Fic Hurston | |
| Johnson, Charles | Oxherding Tale | Fic Johnson |
| Johnson, James Weldon | The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man | Fic Johnson |
| Kelley, William Melvin | A Different Drummer | Fic Kelley |
| McMillan, Terry | Mama | Fic McMillan |
| Waiting to Exhale | Fic McMillan | |
| Day Late and a Dollar Short | Fic McMillan | |
| Morrison, Toni | Song of Solomon | Fic Morrison |
| The Bluest Eye | Fic Morrison | |
| Beloved | Fic Morrison | |
| Tar Baby | Fic Morrison | |
| Sula | Fic Morrison | |
| Paradise | Fic Morrison | |
| Jazz | Fic Morrison | |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Somewhere In The Darkness | Fic Myers |
| Fallen Angles | Fic Myers | |
| Crystal | Fic Myers | |
| Shadow of the Red Moon | Fic Myers | |
| Naylor, Gloria | The Women of Brewster Place | Fic Naylor |
| Linden Hills | Fic Naylor | |
| Mama Day | Fic Naylor | |
| Bailey's Cafe | Fic Naylor | |
| Send No Blessings | Fic Naylor | |
| The Men of Brewster Place | Fic Naylor | |
| Petry, Ann | The Street | Fic Petry |
| The Narrows | Fic Petry | |
| Reed, Ishmael | Free-Lance Pallbearers | Fic Reed |
| Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down | Fic Reed | |
| Mumbo Jumbo | Fic Reed | |
| The Last Days of Louisiana Red | Fic Reed | |
| Flight to Canada | Fic Reed | |
| The Terrible Twos | Fic Reed | |
| The Terrible Threes | Fic Reed | |
| Shange, Ntozake | Betsy Brown: A Novel | Fic Shange |
| Liliane | Fic Shange | |
| Toomer, Jean | Cane | Fic Toomer |
| Walker, Alice | The Color Purple | Fic Walker |
| Meridian | Fic Walker | |
| Temple of My Familiar | Fic Walker | |
| By The Light of My Father's Smile | Fic Walker | |
| Possessing the Secret Joy | Fic Walker | |
| The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart | Fic Walker | |
| Wright, Richard | Native Son | Fic Wright |
| Savage Holiday | Fic Wright | |
| The Long Dream | Fic Wright | |
| Lawd Today | Fic Wright |
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| Jen, Gish | Typical American | Fic Jen |
| Mona In the Promised Land | Fic Jen | |
| Lee, Gus | China Boy | Fic Lee |
| No Physical Evidence | Fic Lee | |
| Mori, Kyoko | Shizuko's Daighter | Fic Mori |
| One Bird | Fic Mori | |
| Stone Field, True Arrow | Fic Mori | |
| Mukherjee, Bharati | Jasmine | Fic Mukherjee |
| Ng, Fae Myenne | Bone | Fic Ng |
| Tan, Amy | The Kitchen God's Wife | Fic Tan |
| Hundred Secret Senses | Fic Tan | |
| Joy Luck Club | Fic Tan | |
| Uchida, Yoshiko | Picture Bride | Fic Uchida |
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| Allende, Isabel | Daughter of Fortune | Fic Allende |
| House of Spirits | Fic Allende | |
| Alvarez, Julia | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents | Fic Alvarez |
| In the Time of Butterlifes | Fic Alvarez | |
| Yo | Fic Alvarez | |
| Anaya, Rudolfo | Bless Me, Ultima | Fic Anaya |
| Heart of Aztlan | Fic Anaya | |
| Tortuga | Fic Anaya | |
| Shaman Winter | Fic Anaya | |
| Cantu, Norma | Canicula | Fic Cantu |
| Chavez, Denise | Face of an Angel | Fic Chavez |
| Cisneros, Sandra | Hosue of Mango Street | Fic Cisneros |
| Woman Hollering Creek (stories) | Fic Cisneros | |
| Cofer, Judith Ortiz | An Island Like You: Stories | Fic Cofer |
| Hijuelos, Oscar | The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love | Fic Hijuelos |
| Our House in the Last World | Fic Hijuelos | |
| The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien | Fic Hijuelos | |
| Mr. Ives' Christmas | Fic Hijuelos | |
| Empress of the Splendid Season | Fic Hijuelos | |
| Mayo, Wendell | Centaur of the North (stories) | Fic Mayo |
| Mohr, Nicholasa | Rituals of Survival | Fic Mohr |
| Soto, Gary | Buried Onions | Fic Soto |
| Pacific Crossing | Fic Soto |
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| Bellow, Saul | The Adventures of Augie March | Fic Bellow |
| Dangling Man | Fic Bellow | |
| Herzog | Fic Bellow | |
| Mr. Sammler's Planet | Fic Bellow | |
| The Victim | Fic Bellow | |
| Ravelstein | Fic Bellow | |
| Cahan, Abraham | Yekl and the Imported Bridgegroom and Other Stories | Fic Cahan |
| Doctorow, E.L. | Ragtime | Fic Doctorow |
| The Book of Daniel | Fic Doctorow | |
| Billy Bathgate | Fic Doctorow | |
| The Waterworks | Fic Doctorow | |
| Loon Lake | Fic Doctorow | |
| World's Fair | Fic Doctorow | |
| Welcome to Hard Times | Fic Doctorow | |
| Elkin, Stanley | The Magic Kingdom | Fic Elkin |
| Criers and Kibitzers | Fic Elkin | |
| The Living End | Fic Elkin | |
| Kosinski, Jerzy | Painted Bird | Fic Kosinski |
| Malamuud, Bernard | The Assistant | Fic Malamuud |
| A New Life | Fic Malamuud | |
| The Fixer | Fic Malamuud | |
| God's Grace | Fic Malamuud | |
| The Natural | Fic Malamuud | |
| Miller, Arthur | Crucible | Fic Miller |
| Olsen, Tillier | Yonnondio | Fic Olsen |
| Ozick, Cynthia | The Messiah of Stockholm | Fic Ozick |
| The Puttermesser Papers | Fic Ozick | |
| Potok, Chaim | The Chosen | Fic Potok |
| My Name Is Asher Lev | Fic Potok | |
| Book of Lights | Fic Potok | |
| The Promise | Fic Potok | |
| In the Beginning | Fic Potok | |
| Davita's Harp | Fic Potok | |
| The Gift of Asher Lev | Fic Potok | |
| I Am the Clay | Fic Potok | |
| Raphael, Lev | Winter Eyes | Fic Raphael |
| Roth, Philip | American Pastoral | Fic Roth |
| I Married a Communist | Fic Roth | |
| The Great American Novel | Fic Roth | |
| My Life As A Man | Fic Roth | |
| Letting Go | Fic Roth | |
| Ghost Writer | Fic Roth | |
| Zuckerman Unbound | Fic Roth | |
| Counterlife | Fic Roth | |
| Deception | Fic Roth | |
| Sabbath's Theater | Fic Roth | |
| Singer, Isaac Bashevis | Enemies, A Love Story | Fic Singer |
| Yezierska, Aniza | Bread Givers | Fic Yezierska |
| Salome of the Tenements | Fic Yezierska | |
| Arrogant Beggar | Fic Yezierska | |
| Hungry Hearts | Fic Yezierska | |
| Weisel, Elie | A Beggar In Jerusalem | Fic Wiesel |
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| Alexie, Sherman | Indian Killer | Fic Alexie |
| The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven | Fic Alexie | |
| Toughest Indian in the World | Fic Alexie | |
| Allen, Paula Gunn | The Woman Who Owned the Shadows | Fic Allen |
| Bruchac, Joseph | Dawn Land | Fic Bruchac |
| Long River | Fic Bruchac | |
| Deloria, Ella Carr | Waterlily | Fic Deloria |
| Dorris, Michael | A Yellow Raft in Blue Water | Fic Dorris |
| The Window | Fic Dorris | |
| Morning Girl | Fic Dorris | |
| Guests | Fic Dorris | |
| A Cloud Chamber | Fic Dorris | |
| Erdrich, Louise | The Beet Queen | Fic Erdrich |
| The Bingo Palace | Fic Erdrich | |
| Tales of Burning Love | Fic Erdrich | |
| Love Medicine | Fic Erdrich | |
| Tracks | Fic Erdrich | |
| Glancy, Diane | Pushing the Bear | Fic Glancy |
| Flutie | Fic Glancy | |
| Fuller Man | Fic Glancy | |
| Hale, Janet Cambell | The Owl's Song | Fic Hale |
| The Jailing of Cecilia Capture | Fic Hale | |
| Hogan, Linda | Mean Spirit | Fic Hogan |
| Solar Storms | Fic Hogan | |
| Power | Fic Hogan | |
| Mathews, John Joseph | Sundown | Fic Mathews |
| McNickle, D'Arcy | Wind From An Enemy Sky | Fic McNickle |
| The Surrounded | Fic McNickle | |
| Momaday, N. Scott | House Made of Dawn | Fic Momaday |
| Owl In The Cedar Tree | Fic Momaday | |
| Ancient Child | Fic Momaday | |
| Owens, Louis | The Sharpest Sight | Fic Owens |
| The Bone Game | Fic Owens | |
| Wolfsong | Fic Owens | |
| Dark River | Fic Owens | |
| Silko, Leslie Marmon | Ceremony | Fic Silko |
| Almanac of the Dead | Fic Silko | |
| Gardens in the Dunes | Fic Silko | |
| Storm, Hyemeyohsts | Seven Arrows | Fic Storm |
| Vizenor, Gerald | Griever: An American Monkey King in China | Fic Vizenor |
| Dead Voices | Fic Vizenor | |
| The Heirs of Columbus | Fic Vizenor | |
| Welch, James | Winter in the Blood | Fic Welch |
| Fool's Crow | Fic Welch | |
| Death of Jim's Loney | Fic Welch | |
| Young Bear, Ray | Remnants of the First Earth | Fic Young Bear |
| Black Eagle Child | Fic Young Bear |
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| Kincaid, Jamaica | My Brother | Fic Kincaid |
| Annie John | Fic Kincaid | |
| Autobiography of My Mother | Fic Kincaid | |
| At the Bottom of the River | Fic Kincaid |
Books
Use the catalog to find books in the MHS Library.
Search for your author as a subject or keyword. Browse the reference collection
(beginning of the 800s). The set, Literature and Its Time will also be helpful.
There are two copies: one circulating and one reference. See 809 Lit.
To search the Medfield Public Library's collection,
click here.
InfoTrac
InfoTrac:
Try Contemporary Literary Criticism and Biography Resource Center
Search Engines: Follow
the subject trees or search using your author's name or the name of the
book you read.
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