Download or read book Cross-Cultural Visions in African American Literature written by Y. Hakutani and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most influential East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchange that has taken place in modern and postmodern times was the reading and writing of haiku. Here, esteemed contributors investigate the impact of Eastern philosophy and religion on African American writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison, offering a fresh field of literary inquiry.