[Reviews] Black letters on a white page Adjust Share In a new compendium of African American literature, a world of politics By Vince Passaro, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century African American authors American literature Book reviews Books Henry Louis Gates Nellie Y. McKay Reviews More from Vince Passaro Maigret All Day On the comforts of Simenon’s famed detective Framing The Shadows The luminary vision of W. Eugene Smith A Shrinking World, An Opening Sky The old woman’s husband, even older than she, has lived long enough. She is careful not to say this to her daughters, to her brother, to the doctors. He’s had… Adjust Share Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > July 1997 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close