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Where the Wild Grape Grows: Selected Writings, 1930-1950
Dorothy West
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Description for Where the Wild Grape Grows: Selected Writings, 1930-1950
Hardcover. Dorothy West (1907-1998) is known as a member of the Harlem Renaissance. In this book, Professors Mitchell and Davis provide a carefully researched profile of West and her circle that serves as an introduction to a collection of her out of print, little known, or unpublished writings, supplemented by many family photographs. Editor(s): Mitchell, Verner D.; Davis, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
Despite her strong associations with Massachusetts - her upbringing in Roxbury, her lifelong connection with Martha's Vineyard, and two novels documenting the Great Migration and the rise and decline of Boston's African American community - Dorothy West (1907-1998) is perhaps best known as a member of the Harlem Renaissance. Between 1927 and 1947, West and her cousin, the poet Helen Johnson, lived in New York City, where West attended Columbia University, worked as a welfare investigator, wrote for the WPA, traveled to Russia, and established a literary magazine for young black writers. During these years, West and Johnson knew virtually ... Read more
Despite her strong associations with Massachusetts - her upbringing in Roxbury, her lifelong connection with Martha's Vineyard, and two novels documenting the Great Migration and the rise and decline of Boston's African American community - Dorothy West (1907-1998) is perhaps best known as a member of the Harlem Renaissance. Between 1927 and 1947, West and her cousin, the poet Helen Johnson, lived in New York City, where West attended Columbia University, worked as a welfare investigator, wrote for the WPA, traveled to Russia, and established a literary magazine for young black writers. During these years, West and Johnson knew virtually ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558494718
SKU
V9781558494718
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About Dorothy West
Dorothy West was born in Boston in 1907 and died on Martha's Vineyard in 1998. Verner D. Mitchell is assistant professor of English at the University of Memphis and editor of This Waiting for Love: Helene Johnson, Poet of the Harlem Renaissance (University of Massachusetts Press, 2000). Cynthia Davis is associate professor of English at Barry University.
Reviews for Where the Wild Grape Grows: Selected Writings, 1930-1950
This collection of West's work will certainly help readers see that she did not simply 'fall silent' in the 1940s only to return to writing to complete The Wedding in the 1980s. This book enables us to see her as a more thoroughly accomplished writer. It is an important work that will lead to a serious revision of West's place ... Read more