African-American Stories

Vincent F. A. Golphin writes and lives in Western, New York. He is assistant professor in the Department of English at the Rochester Institute of Technology. With a doctorate in Creative Writing and Literary and Cultural Studies, he often teaches Creative Writing, African-American Literature, Literature and Religion and a wide range of other Literary and Cultural Studies courses. His latest work is 10 Stories Down (FootHills Publishing), poems inspired by two, six-month stays in China. In 2007, he edited When Pluto Was A Planet: The Golphin Chronicles, a collection of short stories by RIT students, and Tales of a Summer, a brief volume of nonfiction by Rochester area high school students. His first book, Life and Other Things I Know: Poems, Essays and Short Stories, was published in 1999. Throughout the past eight years the list expanded to include: African American Children’s Stories: A Treasury of Tradition and Pride, Grandma Loves You: My First Treasury, African American Stories: