Other works by Ernest J. Gaines include: Bloodline (1963), Catherine Carmier (1964), Of Love and Dust (1967), A Long Day in November (1971), The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971), In My Father’s House (1978), and A Gathering of Old Men (1983).
For further reading on the topic of race and prejudice, please see: Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Richard Wright's novels, including Black Boy and Native Son, and Jonathan Kozol's Death at an Early Age.
For works concerning the penal system and prejudice: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from...
