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The African American Literature and Culture Society Web Site

Welcome to the home of the African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS) at Marygrove College. Please browse our web site to find out more about us. If you would like to join the AALCS or invite others to do so, please print out the membership form and send it to the contact person listed.

If you would like further information, do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.

Aldon L. Nielsen, Ph.D.
President, AALCS
Kelly Professor of American Literature
The Pennsylvania State University
116 Burrowes
University Park, PA 16802-6200
(814) 865-0091
E-mail:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Upcoming Conference - Call for Proposals due Feb 5, 2011

 

In Print

"Afro-American literature is food for a deep lifetime 
study, not something to be squeezed into a quarter or semester."

Ishmael Reed, “19 Necromancers from Now”

The Fisher King, Paule Marshall