HIGHLIGHTS OF LATEST ISSUE

Obsidian is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue examining the work of Richard Wright. Guest edited by John Charles, Obsidian Vol. 11 No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2010) includes essays by Rebecka Rutledge Fisher, Barbara Foley, Rachel Watson, Mikko Tuhkanen, Alice Mikal Craven and Houston A. Baker, Jr. This issue also includes poetry by Richard Ward, Grace Ocasio and Edward Bynum, fiction by Gariot Louima, and N. Asale Chioneso, and an interview with Myriam Chancy, along with reviews by John Wall, Reginald Patterson, Ulla Rahbek and Patrick Alexander.You may order your copy of this issue by sending your check or money to:

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For the first time, Obsidian is looking for a cadre of scholars in African and African Diaspora Literary Studies to serve as review editors. Interested scholars should send their vitae to Obsidian@ncsu.edu using "Review Editor" in the subject line.

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