"Tell it to us easy" and other stories : a complete short fiction anthology of African American women writers in Opportunity magazine, (1923-1948) / edited by Judith Musser.

"This anthology collects all of the short stories published in Opportunity by African American women during the magazine's 25 years of publication. It includes works by both well-known authors (Zora Neale Hurston, Marita Bonner) and more. It also includes an introduction which contextualiz...

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Other Authors: Musser, Judith, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
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500 |a Includes index. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Digression / Eunice Roberta Hunton -- Replica / Eunice Roberta Hunton -- Slackened Caprice / Ottie B. Graham -- Drenched in light / Zora Neale Hurston -- Who gives himself / Eunice Roberta Hunton -- The tears of the almond tree / Isabelle Eberhardt -- Elise / Julia Rumford -- One night in Africa / Isabelle Eberhardt -- The corner / Eunice Roberta Hunton -- Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston -- The hands: a story / Marita Bonner -- Mademoiselle 'Tasie -- a story / Eloise Bibb Thompson -- John Redding goes to sea / Zora Neale Hurston -- The legend of Ngurangurane (The son of the crocodile) / Violette De Mazia -- The typewriter / Dorothy West -- Muttsy / Zora Neale Hurston -- The pink hat / Caroline Bond Day -- Masks: a story / Eloise Bibb Thompson -- Black / Nellie R. Bright -- High falutin' / Pearl Fisher -- A slave for life: a story of the long ago / Coralie Franklin Cook -- Dark laughter / Ethel Riley -- Beyond the years / Mary Etta Spencer -- Recompense / Lilith Shell -- Cross crossings cautiously / Anita Scott Coleman -- Prodigal / Laura D. Nichols -- Faith: a story / Thelma T. Clement -- The eternal guest / Anita Scott Coleman -- Ebony -- a story / Isabel M. Thompson -- The noose / Octavia B. Wynbush -- There were three / Marita O. Bonner -- Of Jimmie Harris / Martia O. Bonner -- Corner store / Marita O. Bonner -- The black dress: a short short story / Dorothy West -- Tin can / Marita Bonner Occomy -- Part of the pack: another view of night life in Harlem / Hazel V. Campbell -- White only: a story of the color line / Helen Faw Mull -- Street of the mortar and pestle: a story of color in the capital / Florence Jackson Stoddard -- A seales pod / Martia Bonner -- THe parasites / Hazel Vivian Campbell -- Too much pigment / Effie Carrow -- The makin's / Martia B. Bonner -- Across the line / Grace W. Tompkins -- A street car ride / Frances Eisenberg -- Hall of liberty / Manet Fowler -- Incident / A'lelia Ransom -- Nothing changes / Mary Louise Bohanon -- Black fronts / Martia Bonner -- Southern circumstance / Manet Fowler -- The fugitive / Grace W. Tompkins -- Black brother / Cordelia T. Smith -- Condemned house: a short story / Lucille Boehm -- Two-bit piece / Lucille Boehm -- The fine line: a story of the color line / Marian Minus -- Uncle Ben / Helen Faw Mull -- The woman in the window / Ramona Lowe -- A day's pass: a short story / Elise D. Challeno -- The red dress: a short story / Grace W. Tompkins -- Half'bright: a short story / Marian Minus -- Mammy (a short story) / Dorothy West -- The bishop and the landlady / Patsy Graves -- Excess baggage / Helen Faw Mull -- Sally / Duanna Dungye -- The little that is everything / Elise A. Parry -- Portrait of a citizen / Zora L. Barnes -- The simple one / Alice L. Murray -- Citizen in the south / Ruby Rohrlich -- "Faith" / Doris Peters -- Two worlds / Helen Bayne Anthony -- Requiem / Zora L. Barnes -- Big Joe: A short short story / Stella Kamp -- Tell it to us easy / Eleanor Simms -- One blue star / May Miller -- The souls of white children / Mary Capotosto -- Mrs. Millennium / Frances Evans Layer -- Dark quarry / Babette Stiefel -- Concerto / Shirley Nelson Shuman -- The bones of Louella Brown / Ann Petry -- Gold is where you find it / Alberta Thomas -- A change of scenery / Rosalie Lieberman -- Not in the record / Elizabeth Walker Reeves. 
520 |a "This anthology collects all of the short stories published in Opportunity by African American women during the magazine's 25 years of publication. It includes works by both well-known authors (Zora Neale Hurston, Marita Bonner) and more. It also includes an introduction which contextualizes the short stories historically in light of the overall development of African American writing"--Provided by publisher. 
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