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100 1 $aWest, Dorothy,$d1907-1998.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82020079
245 10 $aWhere the wild grape grows :$bselected writings, 1930-1950 /$cDorothy West ; edited by Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axiv, 220 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tPreface : toward a reappraisal of Dorothy West's work -- $tIntroduction : Dorothy West and her circle -- $tCarolina -- $tAt the swan boats -- $tBlackberrying -- $tQuilting -- $tPrologue to a life -- $tHannah Byde -- $tThe black dress -- $tMy baby -- $tMammy -- $tPluto -- $tThe house across the way -- $tMrs. Marlowe -- $tThe stairs -- $tWhere the wild grape grows -- $tWinter on Martha's Vineyard -- $tElephant's dance : a memoir of Wallace Thurman -- $tThe inroads of time -- $tSelected letters -- $gApp. I.$tNew York daily news stories -- $gApp. II.$tFamily tree.
520 1 $a"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." "In this book, Professors Mitchell and Davis provide a carefully researched profile of West and her circle that serves as an introduction to a well-edited, representative collection of her out-of-print, little-known, or unpublished writings, supplemented by many family photographs. The editors document West's "womanist" upbringing and her relationships with her mother, Rachel Benson West, and other strong-minded women, including her longtime companion, Marian Minus." "The volume includes examples of West's probing social criticism in the form of WPA essays and stories, as well as her interviews with southern migrants. A centerpiece of the book is her unpublished novella, Where the Wild Grape Grows, which explores with grace and gentle irony the complex relationship of three retired women living on Martha's Vineyard. Several of West's nature pieces, published over a span of twenty years in the Vineyard Gazette, are also reprinted."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aWest, Dorothy,$d1907-1998$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vCorrespondence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101496
650 0 $aAfrican American authors$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aHarlem Renaissance$vSources.
700 1 $aMitchell, Verner D.,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00039046
700 1 $aDavis, Cynthia J.,$d1964-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95070235
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