This is a collection of the author's short stories and poems where she writes about the collective experience of African American women, and African Americans in general. But she is sharpest when she pushes back against the notion that women must accept and endure a subservient role to men. - Summary by James K. White
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction and Preface
05:04 - Chapter 2
Violets
05:51 - Chapter 3
Three Thoughts
03:27 - Chapter 4
The Woman
09:16 - Chapter 5
Ten Minutes' Musing
06:00 - Chapter 6
A Plaint/In Unconsciousness
11:20 - Chapter 7
Titee
14:05 - Chapter 8
Anarchy Alley
08:39 - Chapter 9
Impressions
02:36 - Chapter 10
Salammbo
08:44 - Chapter 11
Legend of the Newspaper
04:39 - Chapter 12
A Carnival Jangle
09:30 - Chapter 13
Paul to Virginia (Fin de Siecle)/The Maiden's Dream
11:08 - Chapter 14
In Memoriam
04:17 - Chapter 15
A Story of Vengeance
09:40 - Chapter 16
At Bay St. Louis/New Year's Day
04:09 - Chapter 17
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ
13:46 - Chapter 18
In Our Neighborhood
18:10 - Chapter 19
Farewell/Little Miss Sophie
19:24 - Chapter 20
If I Had Known/Chalmette
05:07 - Chapter 21
At Eventide
09:24 - Chapter 22
The Idler/Love and the Butterfly
02:53 - Chapter 23
The Bee-Man/Amid The Roses
08:46