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Common Read: Dark Rain by Mat Johnson

A guide extolling the fictive world of Mat Johnson.

Book Reviews of Dark Rain

Book Reviews of Pym

General Book Review Sources

Note: the print resources are meant as general introductions to literary authors and may not contain reviews on Mat Johnson's works.

Print Resources

  • Magill's Literary Annual
    Reference Room Stacks-- PN 44 .M35
  • The New York Times Index
    Reference Room Ready Reference-- AI 21 .N45
  • Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
    Reference Room Ready Reference-- AI 3 .R48
  • The Times Literary Supplement Index
    3rd Floor Bound Serials Stacks-- AP 4 .T452 (2 vol.)
  • Times-Picayune Index
    Reference Room Ready Reference-- AI 21 .T66 N49
  • Masterplots 2: African American Literature  

         Reference Room Stacks-- PS 153.N5 M2645 1994

         Note: Masterplots 2 is helpful for context on African American literature, but a review of Johnson's Hunting in Harlem is only found in the Revised Edition (2008), which can be found in the literature databases.

Electronic Resources

  • Academic Search Complete  
    Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of articles published in scholarly publications from many disciplines.
  • LexisNexis Academic
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  • ProQuest Research Library
    Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of popular and scholarly periodicals from many disciplines.

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