Introduction: Home in African American Literature: Difficult to Define, Challenging to Claim
Movement, Migration, and Homelessness: Margaret Walker's Jubilee (1966)
Where I Live is Not Home: James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953); Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970); Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog (2001)
Lonely Place, Unwelcoming Space: A.J. Verdelle's The Good Negress (1995)
A Mother's Desire, A Son's Hell: Daniel Black's Perfect Peace (2010)
A Mother's Domination, A Family's Submission: Dorothy West's The Living Is Easy (1940)
Wrapped in Imagination and Desire: Countee Cullen, "Heritage"; Ann Petry, "Mother Africa"; Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959); Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" (1973); Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (1977); Phyllis Alesia Perry, Stigmata (1998); Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing (2016); James Weldon Johnson; Sterling A. Brown
Conclusion: While We're in This Place....