Writers in this category: Sister Souljah, Donald Goines, Walter Mosley, D. D. Bridges, Cortez Law III, Hugh Holton, Karl Bollers, Rudolph Fisher, Ernest Tidyman, Chester Himes, Barbara Hambly, Joe Martin, K'wan, Bobby Rodgers, Silk White, Sa'Rese Thompson, Leo Sullivan, Zane, T. Styles, Tracey Price-Thompson, Danielle Santiago, Wahida Clark, Terry Woods
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