Robinson: A Biography (Knopf, 1997) Ralph Ellison: A Biography (Knopf, 2007) In addition, Rampersad has edited several volumes, including the following: Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, The Library of America edition (2 vols) of works by Richard Wright, including revised individual editions of Native Son and Black Boy Slavery and the Literary Imagination (as co-author) Race and American Culture (co-editor with Shelley Fisher Fishkin) – in the book series published by Oxford University Press Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (co-editor with David Roessel) (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2006) References External links Contacting Arnold Rampersad by email+ 1941 births American biographers American people of Indian descent American people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Bowling Green State University alumni Columbia University faculty Harvard University alumni Literary critics of English Living people MacArthur Fellows Members of the American Philosophical Society National Humanities Medal recipients Princeton University faculty Rutgers University faculty Stanford University Department of English faculty