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.

How the War in the Streets is Won
1995
ISBN 9781568090047
One Nation Under a Groove
2004
ISBN 9780472089567
Best African American Fiction 2010
2010
ISBN 9780553806908
Tuxedo Junction
1989
ISBN 9780880012324