Description: A rediscovery of forgotten talent overshadowed in the heyday of the African American novel
Brief description: Stephanie Brown, Columbus, Ohio, is assistant professor of English at Ohio State University and the coeditor (with Eva Tettenborn) of Engaging Tradition, Making It New: Essays on Teaching Recent African American Fiction. Her work has appeared in African American Review, Callaloo, Mosaic, Paradoxa, and Studies in Popular Culture.