Gwendolyn Bennett : A Bibliography

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center Gwendolyn Bennett Bibliography page. The following anthologies include some of Bennett's poetry. For her biography, e-texts and sites related to the Harlem Renaissance, see also Gwendolyn Bennett at the African American Authors page. Revised 4/10/00.

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Anthologies
Clinton, Catherine, ed. I, Too, Sing America. Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. [Young Adult]

Brief biography and representative poetry of 25 African American poets. An Overbooked (Book Links) YA Best Books 1998.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. and Nellie Y. McKay, eds. Norton Anthology of African American Literature. W. W. Norton, 1996.

Includes "Heritage," "To a Dark Girl," "Sonnet-2," "Hatred"

Huggins, Nathan Irvin, ed. Voices from the Harlem Renaissance. pa. ed. Oxford University Press, 1994.

Knopf, Marcy. The Sleeper Wakes: Harlem Renaissance Stories by Women. pa Rutgers University Press, 1993.

Includes "Wedding Day"

Nelson, Cary, ed. Anthology of Modern American Poetry. Oxford University Press.

Includes "To a Dark Girl," "Heritage"

Nelson, Emmanuel S. Nelson, ed. African American Authors, 1745-1945; A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.

Entry includes biography, discussion of major works and themes,

an overview of the author's critical reception and primary and

secondary bibliographies.

Roses, Lorraine Elena and Ruth Elizabeth Randolph, eds. Harlem's Glory; Black Women Writing, 1900-1950. Harvard University Press, 1997.

Includes "Wedding Day," "From 'The Ebony Flute'"

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Articles
Hoffmann, Leonore. "The Diaries of Gwendolyn Bennett." Women's Studies Quarterly: 17. 3/4 (Fall, 1989) 66.

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