New York: Random House, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collection of essays by the author of "The Invisible Man," most written after 1964 and including one written especially for this book. Includes several essays on literature in society, a homage to Duke Ellington, on Romare Bearden's art, on Richard Wright, a speech he gave at West Point, which talks about his years in the service during World War II and how he came to write "The Invisible Man" and more. 338 pp.

Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Franklin Folsom, executive secretary to the League of American Writers for five of its seven years of often controversial activity, brings to life a time when writers became aware of the threats of fascism, and recalls vigorous efforts of many great U.S. writers to rescue from European concentration camps their anti-Nazi colleagues. Founded during the tense, pre-war period of the 1930s, the League sought to promote intellectual and political freedom worldwide. With photos of League members, bibliography and index. 376 pgs. ISBN: 0-87081-3323.

New York: Civitas Books / Perseus, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in which Gates attempt to point us away from facile dichotomies engendered by the culture wars - either/orstradition versus modernity; Eurocentrism versus Afrocentricism. Cornel West says of Gates that "he is a seminal literary theorist whose work in African-American Studies has been profound and pioneering. In this book, he engages the Enlightenment, Frantz Fanon and the quests for identity in a vintage Gates manner: brilliant, witty and free thinking!" Notes, index. xiv, 205 pp. ISBN: 978-0465014101.

New York: The Feminist Press, 1990. First edition - Other essays include rediscovering black women writers, Faulkner and race, and more. Includes a preface by the editor. 153 pp. ISBN: 1-55861-0049.