LEADER 04131nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910789972403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-86440-1 010 $a0-8135-5213-3 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813552132 035 $a(CKB)2670000000154890 035 $a(OCoLC)785785256 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10535587 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000676183 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11365321 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676183 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10677650 035 $a(PQKB)10806084 035 $a(OCoLC)777375539 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17486 035 $a(DE-B1597)529423 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813552132 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL860795 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535587 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417690 035 $a(OCoLC)1163878957 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC860795 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000154890 100 $a20110110d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiterary sisters$b[electronic resource] $eDorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance /$fVerner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8135-5145-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue -- "Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929 -- The Benson Family comes to Boston -- Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England -- Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925 -- The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931 -- Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge -- Epilogue. 330 $aHarlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West led a charmed life in many respects. Born into a distinguished Boston family, she appeared in Gershwin?s Porgy and Bess, then lived in the Soviet Union with a group that included Langston Hughes, to whom she proposed marriage. She later became friends with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who encouraged her to finish her second novel, The Wedding, which became the octogenarian author?s first bestseller. Literary Sisters reveals a different side of West?s personal and professional lives?her struggles for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. West and her ?literary sisters??women like Zora Neale Hurston and West?s cousin, poet Helene Johnson?created an emotional support network that also aided in promoting, publishing, and performing their respective works. Integrating rare photos, letters, and archival materials from West?s life, Literary Sisters is not only a groundbreaking biography of an increasingly important author but also a vivid portrait of a pivotal moment for African American women in the arts. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life 606 $aAfrican American women in literature 606 $aAfrican American arts$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aHarlem Renaissance 607 $aHarlem (New York, N.Y.)$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAfrican American women in literature. 615 0$aAfrican American arts 615 0$aHarlem Renaissance. 676 $a813/.5209896073 700 $aMitchell$b Verner D.$f1957-$01566217 701 $aDavis$b Cynthia$f1946-$01566218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789972403321 996 $aLiterary sisters$93836587 997 $aUNINA