2 Fiction by Black Authors

The works listed below represent a brief mix of classic and contemporary works by Black authors.  For every one, there should be ten more, but what’s here is a good representation of some of the strongest Black voices of the last century.

“Spunk” by Zora Neale Hurston

Fire: A Quarterly Devoted to Younger Negro  Artists (1923)

“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara

“Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin

“Recitatif” by Toni Morrison

Twelve Stories by Black Writers 

“Cell One” by Chimamanda Adichie

“Cattle Haul” by Jessmyn Ward

“The Book of Martha” by Octavio Butler

“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid