african-american women writers

Alice Walker

American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist

American poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies

American novelist, known for novels including The Women of Brewster Place , Linden Hills and Mama Day .

American novelist

American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker

Haitian-American novelist and short story writer

American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist