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Dana A. Williams
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Dana A. Williams is professor of African American literature and chair of the Department of English at Howard University. She is a member of the MLA Executive Council and a past president of the College Language Association and the Association of Departments of English's executive committee. She is the author of In the Light of Likeness--Transformed: The Literary Art of Leon Forrest and editor of Contemporary African American Fiction: New Critical Essays. She has published widely in African American Review, CLA Journal, PMLA, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of five NEH awards, including three recent projects involving DH in African American literature and culture. She is currently completing a book-length study on Toni Morrison's editorship at Random House Publishing Company and is president of the Toni Morrison Society.
