The following articles about Warren's book were published in the African American Review. Click on the fulltext link to read the article.
Bradley, Adam. "Assessing "What Was African American Literature?"; Or, The State Of The Field In The New Millennium: Our Mayan Prophecy." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 570-573. Fulltext
Castronovo, Russ. "Assessing "What Was African American Literature?"; Or, The State Of The Field In The New Millennium: Trains, Planes, And "What Was African American Literature?." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 578-582. Fulltext
Colbert, Soyica Diggs. "Assessing "What Was African American Literature?"; Or, The State Of The Field In The New Millennium: On Tradition." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 575-578. Fulltext
Daniels, Melissa Asher, and Gregory Laski. "Assessing "What Was African American Literature?"; Or, The State Of The Field In The New Millennium: Introduction." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 567-570. Fulltext
Ernest, John. "Assessing "What Was African American Literature?"; Or, The State Of The Field In The New Millennium: Canals And Rivers." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 573-575. Fulltext
Holland, Sharon P. "Assessing "What Was African American Literature?"; Or, The State Of The Field In The New Millennium: Leaving WAS Behind." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 582-584. Fulltext
Selisker, Scott. "What Was African American Literature?." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 717-719. Fulltext
Warren, Kenneth W. "Assessing "What Was African American Literature?"; Or, The State Of The Field In The New Millennium: Response." African American Review 44.4 (2011): 584-591. Fulltext Note: The article presents a response by the author to critiques of his book.
"Theories And Methodologies: What Was African American Literature? [Special Section]." PMLA: Publications Of The Modern Language Association Of America 128.2 (2013): 386-408 Fulltext
Ross, Marlon B. "Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?: A Review Essay." Callaloo: A Journal Of African Diaspora Arts And Letters 35.3 (2012): 604-612 Fulltext
"Canon Formation." Columbia Guide To Contemporary African American Fiction (2005): 72-74.Fulltext
Holloway, Jonathan Scott. "The Black Intellectual And The 'Crisis Canon' In The Twentieth Century." Black Scholar 31.1 (2001): 2. Fulltext
Joyce, Joyce A. "The Black Canon: Reconstructing Black American Literary Criticism." New Literary History: A Journal Of Theory And Interpretation 18.2 (1987): 335-344.Fulltext
Tate, Claudia. "Laying The Floor; Or, The History Of The Formation Of The Afro-American Canon." Book Research Quarterly 3.2 (1987): 60-78. Download fulltext