epics with her vast understanding of ancient Greece mythology. She also has the ability to translate the ancient language. Scholarship Her scholarship includes work on African-American Judaica. Her scholarship also includes work on children's literature, multicultural literature, and Star Trek. Herron is currently developing Epicenter Stories to assist in her work with children, literacy, and multiculturalism. Bibliography Adult Thereafter Johnnie, 1991 Asenath and the Origin of Nappy Hair, 2015 Children's Nappy Hair, 1997 Always an Olivia, 2007 Non-fiction Selected works of Angelina Weld Grimké, 1991 “Nappier Hair: In Brenda’s Own Voice or Setting the Record Straight.” The Lion and the Unicorn, Volume 37, Number 2 (April 2013): 188-194. “Early African American Poetry.” The Columbia History of American Poetry., edited by Jay Parini and Brett Millier, 16-32. New York: Columbia University Press; 1993. xxxi, 894. “Philology as Subversion: The Case of Afro-America.” Comparative Literature Studies, vol. 27, no. 1 (1990): 62–65. References Carolivia Herron. Notable Black American Women, Book 3. Gale Group, 2002. External links 1947 births Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American children's writers African-American Jews American women novelists Researchers in Gullah anthropology Converts to Judaism Harvard University faculty Eastern University (United States) alumni Villanova University alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni African-American novelists American women children's writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Massachusetts American women academics 20th-century African-American women writers 20th-century African-American writers 21st-century African-American women writers 21st-century African-American writers