ISBN: 0988561573 9780988561571

Category: Literary Collections / American / African American & Black

Page count: 100

<p>This is a collection of the rare, diverse, and powerful prose, poetry, and plays that captures Harlem through the eyes of the African American women who experienced it. Harlem on Her Mind is the first anthology to gather these historically significant and exceptional pieces in a single collection.</p><p>Social standards and expectations of the 1920s made it difficult for women, particularly African American women, to travel and live independently. It was considered “unseemly” or even offensive for a woman to address the grittier aspects of the Roaring Twenties. Women were also less likely to be published beyond newspapers and magazines. But African American women were there, observing and participating, each with a different sense of decency and level of immersion. Despite these imposed restrictions, they were able to carve a small niche of writing depicting Harlem life from their unique perspectives.</p><p><br></p><p>Breaking Through by Eunice Hunton Carter</p><p>The Hunch by Eulalie Spence</p><p>The Starter by Eulalie Spence</p><p>Undertow by Eulalie Spence</p><p>Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem by Helene Johnson</p><p>Bottled by Helene Johnson</p><p>Muttsy by Zora Neale Hurston</p><p>The Book of Harlem by Zora Neale Hurston</p><p>The Corner by Eunice Hunton Carter</p><p>Hostess by Edythe Mae Gordon</p>