An anthology of the works of an African-American writer (1902-1967). It features his hero, Jesse "Simple" Semple, as he philosophizes from a Harl

"A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store

A former black convict in Watts tries to go straight, holding a steady job, helping the town's youth and philosophizing with friends. But when a