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• Black Women Writers at Work Claudia Tate 4.3 h
• The New Negro Alain Locke 8.3 h
• The Origin of Others Toni Morrison 2.2 h
• Africana Womanism Clenora Hudson-Weems 2.9 h
• Playing in the Dark Toni Morrison 1.7 h
• Poems Langston Hughes 5.5 h
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 5.2 h
• Well-read Black Girl Glory Edim 5.3 h
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• The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, Cheryl A. Wall 29.9 h

How long each takes

The Signifying Monkey Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 5.6 h The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader David L. Lewis 14.1 h Black Women Writers at Work Claudia Tate 4.3 h The New Negro Alain Locke 8.3 h The Origin of Others Toni Morrison 2.2 h Africana Womanism Clenora Hudson-Weems 2.9 h Playing in the Dark Toni Morrison 1.7 h Poems Langston Hughes 5.5 h I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou 5.2 h Well-read Black Girl Glory Edim 5.3 h Wounds of Passion bell hooks 4.8 h The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, Cheryl A. Wall 29.9 h

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