Frances Smith Foster

12 books

A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader by Frances Smith Foster, Frances E.W. Harper

A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader

Frances Smith Foster, Frances E.W. Harper

432 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction poetry short stories challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself

Harriet Ann Jacobs

371 pages • first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature by Trudier Harris, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster

The Oxford Companion to African American Literature

Trudier Harris, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster

896 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Frances Smith Foster, Stanlie M. James

Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies

Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Frances Smith Foster, Stanlie M. James

400 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste, and Friend to Mrs. Lincoln; Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Frances Smith Foster, Elizabeth Keckley, Elizabeth Keckley
Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste, and Friend to Mrs. Lincoln; Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
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Frances Smith Foster, Elizabeth Keckley, Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes: Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste, and Friend to Mrs. Lincoln; Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

Frances Smith Foster, Elizabeth Keckley, Elizabeth Keckley

319 pages • first pub 1868 (editions)

fiction biography history informative reflective fast-paced
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature by William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
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William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster

512 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: A Norton Critical Edition by
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: A Norton Critical Edition
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: A Norton Critical Edition

416 pages • first pub 1861 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography
Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels by Frances E.W. Harper

Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels

Frances E.W. Harper

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature by Deborah E. McDowell, Brent Hayes Edwards, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Kimberly Benston, Cheryl A. Wall, Valerie Smith, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

Deborah E. McDowell, Brent Hayes Edwards, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Kimberly Benston, Cheryl A. Wall, Valerie Smith, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

2800 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part: Love And Marriage In African America by Frances Smith Foster

Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part: Love And Marriage In African America

Frances Smith Foster

198 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced