Includes the poetry, short fiction, novels, essays, and plays by, and criticism on, women whose work has been published in periodicals and anthologies between 1976 and the end of 1987. Over 80 periodical titles and 200 books have been searched; a large number of the journals included were not originally indexed.Arrangement is alphabetical by author, Ada to Nzadi Zimele-Keita. An appendix provides reference to authors by genre and serves as a guide to black women who have been writing creatively. Another appendix describes works about black women including literary criticism, book reviews, interviews, biographies, and bibliographies.