Teacher Resources
Berger, Roger A. "The Black Dick: Race, Sexuality and discourse in the L.A. novels of Walter Mosley." African American Review, 1997. A resource for teachers.
Byrd, Max. "The Detective Detected: From Sophocles to Ross MacDonald." The Yale Review, v. 64: 1974, 72-83. A resource for teachers.
Crooks, Robert. "The Far Side of the Urban Frontier: The Detective Fiction of Chester Himes and Walter Mosley." College Literature v.22: 3; October 1995. A resource for teachers.
English, Daylanne K. "The Modern in the Postmodern: Walter Mosley, Barbara Neely, and the Politics of Contemporary African-American Detective Fiction." American Literary History, v. 18: 4; 2006, 772-796. A resource for teachers.
Freese, Peter. The Ethnic Detective: Chester Himes, Harry Kemelman, Tony Hillerman. Essen, Germany: Verl. Die Blaue Eule, 1992. A great resource for teachers considering instruction using any of the authors listed in the title. Note: it is written in English.
Most, Glenn W. and Stowe, William W. The Poetics of Murder: Detective Fiction and Literary Theory. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. A loaded resource for teachers.
Pennsylvania Department of Education. "Academic State Standards". 1999-2003. http://www.pde.state.pa.us/stateboard_ed/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=76716&statebo rd_dNav=|5467|. Accessed 3/14/07. This website gives detailed information about each state standards that are approached in the objectives and lessons contained in this unit. This is an excellent resource for teachers.
Porter, Dennis. The Pursuit of Crime. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. This research text is a good teacher resource to use before instructing students when using detective fiction.
Reddy, Maureen T. Traces, Codes, and Clues: Reading Race in Crime Fiction. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2003. A wonderful resource for teachers who plan to use crime fiction in their research or in the classroom.
School District of Philadelphia. Access to the Core Curriculum Strategies Guide. Philadelphia: Songhai Press, 2006. A resource guide aimed to empower educators to connect the core curriculum guides to assist teachers of students in special education. http://phila.schoolnet.com/outreach/philadelphia/teachersstaff/oss/.
Hathaway, Rosemary V. "The Signifying Detective: Barbara Neely's Blanche White, Undercover in Plain Sight." Critique, v. 46: 4; p320-332; Summer 2005. A critical essay written about the work of Barbara Neely. A great read that accompanies the author's works well.
School District of Philadelphia. Book 1 Secondary Education Movement: Core Curriculum - Literacy. Philadelphia: School Reform Commission, 2003. A resource book used to assist teachers in formulating lesson plans for English classes in high schools. This gives a vast number of lesson ideas and multi-subject teaching strategies.
Soitos, Stephen F. The Blues Detective: A Study of African American Detective Fiction. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. An excellent resource for background information regarding the genre. It is great for teachers.
Springfield City Library. http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/reading/blackdetectives.html. Springfield, Mass., May 1, 2007. Accessed 7/3/2007. A one-stop website resource for finding African-American writers of detective fiction and more. This website is a great resource for teachers and students.
Turner, Jimmie Richard. "Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones: Violence and Humor in the Mystery Novels of Chester Himes." The Black Scholar. v. 28:1; 2001. This is an excellent critical essay; it is short and succinct.
Wilson, Charles E. Walter Mosley: A Critical Companion. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 2003. This book provides a detailed criticism and interpretation of several Mosley detective novels. It also provides Mosley enthusiasts with an overview of his life and his literary contributions beyond detective fiction.
Winks, Robin W., ed. Detective Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1980. This text is a great resource for background information allowing teachers to tap into the literary criticism of the time.
Woods, Paula L., ed. Spooks, Spies and Private Eyes: Black Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction. New York: Doubleday, Inc., 1995. A wonderful anthology, students can use this too. A must read for teachers.
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