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William J. Maxwell

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William J. Maxwell is Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where he has taught modern American and African American literatures since 2009. He is the author of the books "F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature" (Princeton University Press, 2015), which won an American Book Award in 2016, and "New Negro, Old Left: African American Writing and Communism between the Wars" (Columbia University Press, 1999). He is the editor of the collection "James Baldwin: The FBI File" (Arcade, 2017); of Claude McKay's "Complete Poems" (University of Illinois Press, 2004); and, along with Gary Holcomb, of Claude McKay's previously unpublished novel "Roman ...more

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	Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay, Gary Edward Holcomb (Editor), William J. Maxwell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 1,630 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Baldwin: The FBI File 3.78 avg rating — 50 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Poems by Claude McKay, William J. Maxwell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Negro, Old Left 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover's Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transhistoricizing Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille by Gary Edward Holcomb (Editor), William J. Maxwell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars