Course Texts and information

Required texts:

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens. Signet Classics, 1997, ISBN: 0451526724
The Known World, by Edward P. Jones. Amistad Press, 2004, ISBN: 0060557559
Ghost Singer, by Anna Lee Walters. U of Mexico P, 1994, ISBN: 0826315453
Patternmaster, by Octavia Butler. Aspect, 1995, ISBN: 0446362816
A Handbook to Literature, by William Harmon. Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN: 0130979988

Optional texts:

The Ghost of Emmett TIll, by W. James Richardson. Authorhouse, 2004, ISBN: 1418464775

Additional reading materials:

Supplemental articles will be handed out in class or available for online access as needed.