"No Novel About Any Black Woman Could Ever Be the Same After This".

Jones, Gayl, 1949-; African American authors; Fiction writing; Corregidora (Book : Jones); Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019; Eva's Man (Book : Jones); Fugitive slaves; Domestic violence

The article explores the works of African American fiction writer Gayl Jones including her six-volume novel "Palmares." Topics discussed include Jones' account of a fugitive-slave settlement in colonial Brazil, description of her first book, "Corregidora," in 1975 according to novelist Toni Morrison, and her account of domestic violence in the book "Eva's Man" which was published in 1976.