The Unruly Voice
Rediscovering Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
Introduction by Nellie Y. McKay. Afterword by Elizabeth Ammons
The work and times of the Black writer, editor, and intellectual
Paper – $33
978-0-252-06554-5
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1996
About the Book
John Cullen Gruesser edits essays that explore the literary and journalistic career of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins. A Black woman writer at the turn of the twentieth century, Hopkins worked as the unacknowledged editor-in-chief of the Colored American Magazine but also wrote short fiction, novels, nonfiction articles, and a play believed to be the first by a Black woman. Versatile and politically committed, she was fired when her strong editorial stands and non-conciliatory politics offended the new owner of Colored American Magazine.A rare examination of an overlooked figure in Black letters, The Unruly Voice explores Hopkins’s writing and her significance for contemporary readers.
Contributors: Elizabeth Ammons; Kristina Brooks; Lois Lamphere Brown; C. K. Doreski; John Cullen Gruesser; Jennie A. Kassanoff; Kate McCullough; Nelly Y. McKay; and Cynthia D. Schrager
About the Author
John Cullen Gruesser is a professor of English at Kean University and author of Black on Black: Twentieth-Century African American Writing about Africa.Reviews
Blurbs
“A product of literary recovery at its very best. These carefully researched essays help us to see how gender marginalized black intellectuals who happened to be women.”--Claudia Tate, author of Black Women Writers at Work
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