Gerald Lyn Early is an American essayist and American culture critic. He is currently the Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters, of English, African studies, African-American studies, American culture studies, and Director, Center for Joint Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

One Nation Under a Groove
2004
ISBN 9780472089567
How the War in the Streets is Won
1995
ISBN 9781568090047
A level playing field
2011
ISBN 9780674060869
Lure and loathing
1993
ISBN 9780713991017
The Muhammad Ali reader
1999
ISBN 9780688166205
Miles Davis and American culture
2001
ISBN 9781883982379
Best African American Fiction 2010
2010
ISBN 9780553806908
Tuxedo Junction
1989
ISBN 9780880012324
Best African American essays, 2010
2009
ISBN 9780553806922
The culture of bruising
1994
ISBN 9780880013109
Daughters
1994
ISBN 9780201627244
Body language
1998
ISBN 9781555972622
Ain't but a place
1998
ISBN 9781883982270
3 Essays
2000
ISBN 9781883982331
This is where I came in
2003
ISBN 9780803218239
Best African American fiction 2009
2009
ISBN 9780553806892
Best African American essays, 2009
2009
ISBN 9780553385366