Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007. Hardcover first edition - Contains substantive articles on Black women writers, primarily in the 20th century but including 18th and 19th writers. Each articles includes biographical information, major works, critical reception and bibliographies of both works by the author and studies of the author's works. Both volumes are preceded by a list of authors by genre and a chronological list. Volume 2, L-Y from Pinkie Gordon Lane to Shay Youngblood, plus a list of awards, a general bibliography, index and notes on the extensive list of contributors to this valuable reference. xx, pp 347 -684,. ISBN: 0-313334293.