Published by the Author

“Fascinating. . . . Published by the Author makes a welcome contribution to the fields of early African American literature and material textual studies. . . . Highly recommended.”—CHOICE

“Sinche is a terrific researcher whose dogged literary detective work is apparent everywhere in this book. He has wrestled a tremendous amount of information into a form that allows readers to readily follow a series of intriguing interpretations of virtually unknown narratives authored by Black people in the nineteenth century. A significant contribution to an important topic.” —Elizabeth McHenry, New York University

“Published by the Author is a unique double-barreled contribution to African American literary history and African American book history. Sinche’s exceptional research on both fronts represents an enormous benefit to anyone interested in the material circumstances affecting the development of a central but largely unappreciated tradition in nineteenth-century African American writing: the independent publication of personal narratives unfiltered by white editors and unbeholden to white publishers.”—William L. Andrews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill