Author Spotlight

Sarita Cannon

Sarita Cannon is an associate professor of English at San Francisco State University, where she teaches twentieth-century American literature. Her writing has appeared in African Voices, Journal of Popular Film and Culture, the Black Scholar, Ethnic Studies Review, and MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States.

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A Raisin in the Sun: Resistance and Joy

This faithful screen adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s legendary play explores a wide range of perspectives on working-class black life, and over the years has inspired reactions just as diverse.

By Sarita Cannon

Essays— Sep 25, 2018