SHORT-TAKE ANTHOLOGIES

In narratives and poems, seventeen women share their poignant and personal views on life as an African American woman during the Harlem Renaissance. It includes the title essay 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.

For the first time in a single collection—

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.

A complete collection of prize-winning Poetry by women in  national African American literary contests, 1925-1927. Poems by Georgia Douglas Johnson, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Gwendolyn Bennett, Helene Johnson, Mae Cowdery, and more. Includes a list of all the poetry prize winners.

Prize-winning One-Act Plays by Zora Neale Hurston, Marita O. Bonner, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and Myrtle Smith Livingston. PLUS The Pot Maker by Marita O. Bonner. A complete collection of Prize Plays in Volume 1, Volume 2, and Harlem on Her Mind: Stories, Poems & Plays by Women of the Harlem Renaissance.

Prize-winning One-Act Plays by Zora Neale Hurston, Marita O. Bonner, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and Ruth Gaines-Shelton. PLUS Scratches by May Miller. A complete collection of Prize Plays in Volume 1, Volume 2, and Harlem on Her Mind: Stories, Poems & Plays by Women of the Harlem Renaissance.

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.

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.

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. 

Three of her plays are included in Prize Plays by Women of the Harlem Renaissance, Volumes 1 and 2.

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. 

In her short stories, Angelina Weld Grimké leaps daringly into the dark and tragically personal facets of lynchings and racial injustice.

Rachel, the NAACP's first dramatic production, follows the life of an optimistic young woman who becomes increasingly heartbroken and disillusioned as racial injustices continue to devastate her family.