Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION Black and Blue at Midcentury 1
4. CHAPTER 1 James Baldwin’s Revelations 18
5. CHAPTER 2 Édouard Glissant’s Relocations 42
6. CHAPTER 3 Vincent O. Carter’s Exiles 69
7. CHAPTER 4 Gwendolyn Brooks’s and Paule Marshall’s Elusions 104
8. CHAPTER 5 Richard Wright’s Negations 143
9. CONCLUSION Writing for a Future World 188
10. Acknowledgments 211
11. Notes 213
12. Bibliography 271
13. Index 293