Charles Johnson (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Charles Johnson worked as a cartoonist from 1965 to 1972 before turning to prose fiction. His first novel, Faith and the Good Thing, was published in 1974, followed by Oxherding Tale (1982), Middle Passage (1990), and Dreamer (1998). Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970 (1988) includes essays on literary theory and culture, while I Call Myself an Artist (1999) has essays, interviews, reviews, and an autobiographical sketch.
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Middle Passage won the National Book Award for...
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