Description |
xi, 360 pages ; 26 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Summary |
"This anthology collects all of the short stories published in Opportunity by African American women during the magazine's 25 years of publication. It includes works by both well-known authors (Zora Neale Hurston, Marita Bonner) and more. It also includes an introduction which contextualizes the short stories historically in light of the overall development of African American writing"--Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Digression / Eunice Roberta Hunton -- Replica / Eunice Roberta Hunton -- Slackened Caprice / Ottie B. Graham -- Drenched in Light / Zora Neale Hurston -- Who Gives Himself / Eunice Roberta Hunton -- The Tears of the Almond Tree / Isabelle Eberhardt -- Elise / Julia Rumford -- One Night in Africa / Isabelle Eberhardt -- The Corner / Eunice Hunton Carter -- Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston -- The Hands: A Story / Marita Bonner -- Mademoiselle 'Tasie - A Story / Eloise Bibb Thompson -- John Redding Goes to Sea / Zora Neale Hurston -- The Legend of Ngurangurane (The Son of the Crocodile) / Violette De Mazia -- The Typewriter / Dorothy West -- Muttsy / Zora Neale Hurston -- The Pink Hat / Caroline Bond Day -- Masks: A Story / Eloise Bibb Thompson -- Black / Nellie R. Bright -- High Falutin' / Pearl Fisher -- A Sliver for Life: A Story of the Long Ago / Coralie Franklin Cook -- Dark Laughter / Ethel Riley -- Beyond the Years / Mary Etta Spencer -- Recompense / Lilith Shell -- Cross Crossings Cautiously / Anita Scott Coleman -- Prodigal / Laura D. Nichols -- Faith: A Story / Thelma T. Clement -- The Eternal Quest / Anita Scott Coleman -- Ebony - A Story / Isabel M. Thompson -- The Noose / Octavia B. Wynbush -- There Were Three / Marita O. Bonner -- Of Jimmie Harris / Marita O. Bonner -- Corner Store / Marita O. Bonner -- The Black Dress: A Short Short Story / Dorothy West -- Tin Can / Marita Bonner Occomy -- Part of the Pack: Another View of Night Life in Harlem / Hazel V. Campbell -- White Only: A Story of the Color Line / Helen Faw Mull -- Street of the Mortar and Pestle: A Story of Color in the Capital / Forence Jackson Stoddard -- A Sealed Pod / Marita Bonner -- The Parasites / Hazel Vivian Campbell -- Too Much Pigment / Effie Carrow -- The Makin's / Marita B. Bonner -- Across the Line / Grace W. Tompkins -- A Street Car Ride / Frances Eisenberg -- Hall of Liberty / Manet Fowler -- Incident / A'lelia Ransom -- Nothing Changes / Mary Louise Bohanon -- Black Fronts / Marita Bonner -- Southern Circumstance / Manet Fowler -- The Fugitive / Grace W. Tompkins -- Black Brother / Cordelia T. Smith -- Condemned House: A Short Story / Lucille Boehm -- The Fine Line: A Story of the Color Line / Marian Minus -- Uncle Ben / Helen Faw Mull -- The Woman in the Window / Ramona Lowe -- A Day's Pay: A Short Story / Elise D. Challeno -- The Red Dress: A Short Story / Grace W. Tompkins -- Half-Bright: A Short Story / Marian Minus -- Mammy (A Short Story) / Dorothy West -- The Bishop and the Landlady / Patsy Graves -- Excess Baggage / Helen Faw Mull -- Sally / Duanna Dungye -- The Little That Is Everything / Elsie A. Parry -- Portrait of A Citizen / Zora L. Barnes -- The Simple One / Alice I. Murray -- Citizen in the South / Ruby Rohrlich -- "Faith" / Doris Peters -- Two Worlds / Helen Bayne Anthony -- Requiem / Zora L. Barnes -- Big Joe: A Short Short Story / Stella Kamp -- Tell It to us Easy / Eleanor Simms -- One Blue Star / May Miller -- The Souls of White Children / Mary Capotosto -- Mrs. Millennium / Frances Evans Layer -- Dark Quarry / Babetter Stiefel -- Concerto / Shirley Nelson Shuman -- The Bones of Louella Brown / Ann Petry -- Gold is where you Find it / Alberta Thomas -- Not in the Record / Elizabeth Walker Reeves |
Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories, American. |
Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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Subject |
American fiction -- African American authors.
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American fiction -- African American authors. |
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American fiction -- Women authors.
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American fiction -- Women authors. |
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African American women -- Fiction.
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African American women. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Added Author |
Musser, Judith, 1959-
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Added Title |
Opportunity (New York, N.Y.)
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ISBN |
9780786435104 library binding alkaline paper |
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0786435100 library binding alkaline paper |
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