Hans OstromHans A. Ostrom is Professor of English and African American studies at the University of Puget Sound, USA. His teaching and research interests focus on African American literature, creative writing, and detective fiction. Ostrom is the author f several books, including Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction (1993) and A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia (2001). He is co-editor of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (2005). Read More Read Less