About the Author

Darryl Dickson-Carr, an associate professor of English at Southern Methodist University, USA is the author of The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction, which won a 2006 American Book Award, and African American Satire: The Sacredly Profane Novel.

Reviews

Charm does not often come to mind when discussing works of literary criticism, but Daryl Dickson-Carr's delightful Spoofing the Modern vivifies the role of humorous social critique during the height of the New Negro era, and his lively prose makes little compromise with the drier conventions of academic writing.-- "Project Muse"