Keith Clark. Black Manhood in James Baldwin, Ernest J. Gaines, and August Wilson

African American Review, Summer-Fall, 2003 by D. Quentin Miller

To quibble with the fact that Clark leaves out some potentially enlightening works is another way of saying that his study is so valuable and so important that it leaves the reader wanting more. And there is certainly the promise of more in Clark's conclusion, where he suggests that a younger generation of black male writers, notably John Edgar Wideman, is continuing the tradition Clark has illuminated. Readers of this study will undoubtedly look forward to hearing more of what Clark has to say.

D. Quentin Miller

Suffolk University