Eleanor W. Traylor: The Provenance of Wonder
An acclaimed scholar and critic in African-American literature and criticism, Eleanor W. Traylor is graduate professor of English at Howard University. Her work has appeared in essays, biographies, and articles on many prominent African-American writers, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Richard Wright. She has held advisory roles with the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, National Black Arts Festival, and Educators for the Advancement of African-American Literature in the (Public) Schools, which she established. The recipient of numerous awards, she has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. She has a BA from Spelman College, an MA from Atlanta University, and a PhD from the Catholic University of America. She is working on a book about emancipation narrative and agency in African-American literature.
