“Newborn Thrown in Trash and Dies,” 263 Williams, Sherley Anne
ambivalence toward written word 99 appropriation of the body in writing of 102 appropriation of the voice in writing of 98,
100 on value of Black Power Movement 89 Winfrey, Oprah
woman-centered narrative
womanism vs. feminism 251 womanist
black, vs. white feminist 247 male
womanist aesthetic
defined
Hurston represented by 248 the potential womanist 236–238
of self-healing through separation 243 of unconditional love 244,
246 “Womanizing Theory” (Juncker) 234
Woman’s Fiction (Baym) 30
A Woman’s Place (Golden) 116 working-class novel
international context of 64 the ordinary, portrayed in novels
of single black men 57–58
vice and prostitution as focus 59 Wright, Richard
as protest fiction writer 173–174
Wright, Richard, critical assessment of works
Wright, Richard, works
“Blueprint for Negro Writing,” 179 “The Man Who Lived Underground,” 186
Uncle Tom’s Children
61,
176 writers, black
as collectors and retellers of stories 263,
264,
265 self-publishing of popular fiction 157,
166 writers, black women
signifyin(g) revisions of (their) works 215–216
writers, white
influence on early fiction 20,
21 of New Negro Renaissance fiction 53 writing
enabling coming of age 118–119
Writin’ Is Fightin’ (Reed) 203,
205
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down (Reed) 208–210
Youngblood (Williams) 107