In narratives and poems, fifteen women share their poignant and personal views on life as an African American woman during the Harlem Renaissance. Essays include "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston and "On Being Young—a Woman—and Colored" by Marita Bonner. Poems by Anne Spencer, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Angelina Weld Grimké, and more.
Six storied women of the Harlem Renaissance address the complexities and ramifications of an African American “passing” as white. The choice of narratives and women's perspectives are unique and fascinating. It includes "The Sleeper Wakes," a short story by Jessie Redmon Fauset, the author of four Harlem Renaissance novels.
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unique insights into the mecca of the Harlem Renaissance by the women who experienced it. A woman's perspective of Harlem, influenced by the social expectations of the time, is unique and rarely addressed.
Jessie Fauset was the Literary Editor of The Crisis and the most published woman writer of the Harlem Renaissance. This collection gives readers an opportunity to absorb the true breadth and depth of her brilliant and long overlooked poetry.
A collection of poems recognized for cash prizes and honorable mentions in annual contests held by national African American periodicals from 1925 to 1927. These are the most notable poems selected by the leading literary figures of that era. Featured poets include Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Anne Spencer, Helene Johnson, and more.
This anthology compiles all the poems written by women and published in Boston’s Harlem Renaissance literary journal, The Saturday Evening Quill. A defining feature of this landmark publication was its inclusivity: half of its contributors were women.
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In two volumes, Essential Short Stories by Women of the Harlem Renaissance presents the best short stories by distinguished women writers—from those who have earned more widespread attention to those who haven’t yet but are just as deserving. Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Jessie Redmon Fauset, and more
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In two volumes, Essential Short Stories by Women of the Harlem Renaissance presents the best short stories by distinguished women writers—from those who have earned more widespread attention to those who haven’t yet but are just as deserving. Marita Bonner, Mae Cowdery, May Miller, and more
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Angelina Weld Grimké, the daughter of a former slave and the great-niece of white abolitionists, struggled with her repressed bisexuality. Her poems are powerful discourses on love, loss, longing, and racial identity.
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Mae V. Cowdery's poems, innovative and unconventional, were praised by Langston Hughes. Arthur Huff Fauset said Cowdery was
“a flame that burned out rapidly … a flash in the pan with great potential who just wouldn’t settle down.”
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Powerful one-act plays by three of the most daring and talented women writers of the Harlem Renaissance, all recognized in prestigious literary contests of the era.
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Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the most prolific poets of the era, for many years, widely included in periodicals and anthologies. She published three volumes of her own poetry.
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Marita O. Bonner broke the mold of traditional storytelling with her lyrical and sometimes experimental writing style. These are her short stories and narrative essays.
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Black Opals, founded by Nellie R. Bright and Arthur Huff Fauset, was a literary journal based in Philadelphia. Its pages featured established and upcoming writers.
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Anita Scott Coleman, a prolific and award-winning writer, added her unique and important perspective of the American southwest to the canon of Harlem Renaissance literature.
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Perhaps the best known woman writer of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston burst onto the Harlem scene in 1925. These short stories reflect the dynamic start of Hurston’s celebrated writing career.
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Dorothy West, one of the youngest writers of the Harlem Renaissance, wrote short stories that explored class, family, and identity. Her concise, observant fiction remains a defining part of her legacy.
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