History of Black Writing Novel Wiki

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Introduction
This wiki provides supplemental biographical information to help users of History of the Black Writing Novel contextualize the novels within it and put faces to writers' names. HBWN is a project of the University of Chicago, and it is a database of 400+ black novels powered by PhiloLogic, a search tool.

This project was started by Sarah Boudreau as part of Dr. Tyechia Thompson's ENGL 5074 course. Questions can be sent to sboudreau@vt.edu.

How to Use the Wiki
You can browse the completed bios below--writers are listed alphabetically by last name. You can also use the search function in the blue toolbar to search for specific terms (i.e, "Alabama," "poet").

If you would like to add to the wiki, you can do so through making a fandom.com account. A new page can be added by clicking the page icon to the right of the title. Pages can be edited by clicking on the pencil icon beside the individual page title. If you add a new page, please add the name to the page to the table of contents below.

A
Edmund O. Austin

Ethel Nishua Arnold [stub]

William H. Ashby

Martin Ashley [pen name]

B
Jesse Moore Battles

Ben Barker

Barry Beckham

Ed Bell

Lorenzo D. Blackson

Alden Bland

Robert E. Boles

Odessa Bond

William Bosworth

L.B. Bragg [pen name]

Robert D. Broadus

Joshua Arthur Brockett