Ebony Rising

SHORT FICTION OF THE GREATER ERA

Edited by Craig Gable

SUB Gottingen 7 219 090 181

2006 A 10435

Indiana University Press BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS CONTENTS

Preface Craig Gable xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction Darryl Dickson-Carr xxi

1912-1919 1 1 Hope Deferred (1914) Alice Dunbar-Nelson 5 2 The Closing Door (1919) Angelina Weld Grimke 12 3 Mary Elizabeth (1919) Jessie Redmon Fauset 31

1920 39 4 The Comet (1920) W.E.B.DuBois 41

1921 53 5 The Foolish and the Wise: Sallie Runner Is Introduced to Socrates (1921) Leila Amos Pendleton 55

1922 61 6 The Foolish and the Wise: Sanctum 777 N. S. D. C. O. U. Meets Cleopatra (1922) Leila Amos Pendleton 63 7 Becky (1922) JeanToomer 68

1923 71 8 Esther (1923) JeanToomer 73

1924 79 9 Vignettes of the Dusk (1924) EricWalrond 81 10 Blue Aloes (1924) Ottie B.Graham 85 11 Slackened Caprice (1924) Ottie B.Graham 96

VII 1925 103 12 The City of Refuge (1925) Rudolph Fisher 105 13 The Golden Penknife (1925) S. Miller Johnson 118 14 Mademoiselle Tasie (1925) Eloise Bibb Thompson 136

1926 145 15 Grist in the Mill (1926) 147 16 Hannah Byde (1926) Dorothy West 155 17 Muttsy(1926) 162 18 The Eatonville Anthology (1926) Zora Neale Hurston 174 19 Cordelia the Crude (1926) Wallace Thurman 184 20 Smoke, Lilies and Jade (1926) Richard Bruce Nugent 188 21 Wedding Day (1926) Gwendolyn B. Bennett 200

1927 207 22 City Love (1927) EricWalrond 209 23 Lynching for Profit (1927) George S. Schuyler 216 24 Highball (1927) Claude McKay 220 25 Game (1927) Eugene Gordon 235 26 Masks (1927) Eloise Bibb Thompson 247

1928 253 27 Bathesda of Sinners Run (1928) Maude Irwin Owens 255 28 He Must Think It Out (1928) Florida Ruffin Ridley 267 29 Anthropoi (1928) John F. Matheus 275

1929 285 30 Prologue to a Life (1929) Dorothy West 287

VIII CONTENTS 1930 297 31 Sanctuary (1930) NellaLarsen 299 32 Door-Stops (1930) May Miller 304 33 Cross Crossings Cautiously (1930) Anita Scott Coleman 314

1931 317 34 Why Adam Ate the Apple (1931) Mercedes Gilbert 319 35 The Needle's Point (1931) J. Saunders Redding 320

1932 327 36 Cra2y Mary (1932) Claude McKay 329 37 His Last Day (1932) Chester Himes 334

1933 347 38 A Summer Tragedy (1933) ArnaBontemps 349

1934 357 39 Barrel Staves (1934) ArnaBontemps 359 40 Why, You Reckon (1934) 370 41 Spanish Blood (1934) Langston Hughes 375

1935 383 42 John Archer's Nose (1935) Rudolph Fisher 385

1936 421 43 Mob Madness (1936) Marion Vera Cuthbert 423 44 Gesture (1936) 427

1937 433 45 Pope Pius the Only (1937) Richard Bruce Nugent 435 46 Silt (1937) Richard Wright 439 47 The Return of a Modern Prodigal (1937) Octavia B. Wynbush 444

CONTENTS IX 1938 455 48 Hate Is Nothing (1938) MaritaBonner 457

1939 473 49 The Whipping (1939) MaritaBonner 475 50 A Modern Fable (1939) Chester Himes 484

1940 491 51 A Matter of Record (1940) TedPoston 493 52 Girl, Colored (1940) Marian Minus 495

Sources for Additional Short Stories by the Authors 501 Award-Winning Short Fiction from Opportunity and Crisis 507 Selected Resources for the Harlem Renaissance 511 A Selected Checklist of Common Issues, Topics, and Plot Components 525 About the Authors 529 Author Index 549 Credits 551

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