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PRINCIPAL WORKS

The Black Hermit [as James T. Ngugi] (play) 1962

Weep Not, Child [as James T. Ngugi] (novel) 1964

The River Between [as James T. Ngugi] (novel) 1965

A Grain of Wheat [as James T. Ngugi] (novel) 1967; revised edition, 1986

*This Time Tomorrow: Three Plays (plays) 1970

Homecoming: Essays on African and Caribbean Literature, Culture, and Politics (essays) 1972

Secret Lives and Other Stories (short stories) 1975

†The Trial of Dedan Kimathi [with Micere Githae-Mugo] (play) 1976

Ngaahika Ndeenda: Ithaako ria Ngerekano [I Will Marry When I Want] (play) 1977

Petals of Blood (novel) 1977

Caitaani Mutharaba-ini [Devil on the Cross] (novel) 1980

Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary (diary) 1981

Writers in Politics (essays) 1981

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Roger A. Berger (essay date spring 1989)
   2. Richard Gibson (review date 16 June 1989)
   3. Carol M. Sicherman (essay date fall 1989)
   4. K. L. Goodwin (essay date 1991)
   5. Abdulrazak Gurnah (essay date winter 1991)
   6. David Maughan Brown (essay date winter 1991)
   7. Theodore Pelton (essay date March-April 1993)
   8. Christine Loflin (essay date winter 1995)
   9. Patrick Williams (essay date 1997)
   10. Steven Tobias (essay date spring 1997)
   11. Christopher Wise (essay date spring 1997)
   12. Nicholas Brown (essay date winter 1999)
   13. Simon Gikandi (essay date summer 2000)
   14. Helen Hayward (review date 15 March 2002)
   15. Bonnie Roos (essay date summer 2002)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright

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