Unfinished masterpiece : the Harlem Renaissance fiction of Anita Scott Coleman / edited by Laurie Champion and Bruce A. Glasrud ; foreword by Cary D. Wintz.
"Collected short fiction of a Southwestern writer who published in The Crisis and other Harlem Renaissance journals. The stories offer commentary on the roles of women and African Americans in early twentieth-century America"--Provided by publisher.
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| Language: | English |
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Lubbock :
Texas Tech University Press,
[2008], ©2008.
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Foreword: Why Anita Scott Coleman?
- Preface
- Introduction: Anita Scott Coleman's short stories and the Harlem Renaissance
- The stories. Phoebe and Peter up North ; Love's power ; Phoebe goes to a lecture ; Billy settles the question ; The Nettleby's new years ; Jack arrives ; El Tisico ; "Rich man, poor man---" ; Pot luck: a story true to life ; The hand that fed ; The little grey house ; Three dogs and a rabbit ; The brat ; Silk stockings ; Unfinished masterpieces ; "G'long, old white man's gal..." ; "White folk's nigger" ; Cross crossings cautiously ; The eternal quest ; Two old women a-shopping go! A story of man, marriage and poverty
- Appendix: Arizona and New Mexico - the land of Esperanza.