The acknowledgment and admiration of fiction by women of the Harlem Renaissance is growing rapidly. Their stories encompass unique premises and perceptions and, taken as a whole, they balance the historically male-dominated perspectives in Harlem Renaissance literature.
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.
Informed and comprehensive, the collection combines stories by women most admired during the Harlem Renaissance and the stories most studied since then. The ‘most admired’ are those recognized in national African American literary contests conducted during the Harlem Renaissance. The ‘most studied’ are those reprinted in anthologies, from then until now, more than any others.
Table of Content
Preface
Introduction
SANCTUARY
Nella Larsen
MARY ELIZABETH
Jessie Redmon Fauset
WEDDING DAY
Gwendolyn Bennett
HOPE DEFERRED
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
SPUNK
Second Prize, Short Story, 1925 Opportunity Contest
Zora Neale Hurston
THE TYPEWRITER
Second Prize (tie), Short Story, 1926 Opportunity Contest
Dorothy West
DRAB RAMBLES
First Prize, Literary Art and Expression, 1927 Crisis Contest
Marita O. Bonner
THREE DOGS AND A RABBIT
Third Prize, Short Story, 1925 Crisis Contest
Anita Scott Coleman
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