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Title "Tell it to us easy" and other stories : a complete short fiction anthology of African American women writers in Opportunity magazine, (1923-1948) / edited by Judith Musser.

Publication Info. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PS647.A35 T43 2008    Available  ---
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.
Short stories, American.
Genre/Form Short stories, American.
Subject American fiction -- African American authors.
American fiction -- African American authors.
American fiction -- Women authors.
American fiction -- Women authors.
African American women -- Fiction.
African American women.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Subject American fiction -- 20th century.
American fiction.
Chronological Term 20th century
Genre/Form Fiction.
Added Author Musser, Judith, 1959-
Added Title Opportunity (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN 9780786435104 library binding alkaline paper
0786435100 library binding alkaline paper