Introduction
Acknowledgments
SOUTH
Joel Chandler Harris
From Nights with Uncle Remus (1883)
Charles Chesnutt
"Dave's Neckliss" (1899)
"The Sheriff's Children" (1899)
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
"The Praline Woman" (1899)
"The Stones of the Village" (1910-1920)
Kate Chopin
"The Story of an Hour" (1894)
"The Storm" (1898)
Mary Noailles Murfee
"The Dancin' Party at Harrison's Cove" (1878)MIDWEST
Gertrude Dorsey Brown[e]
"Scrambled Eggs" (1905)
"The Voice of the Rich Pudding" (1907)
Hamlin Garland
"Up the Coolly" (1893)
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
"Pontiac's Lookout" (1894)
Alexander Lawrence Posey
From "The Fus Fixico Letters" (1903-1905)
Finley Peter Dunne
From Mr. Dooley in Peace and War (1896)
Sherwood Anderson
"Hands" (1919)
NORTHEAST
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
"A New England Nun" (1891)
Sarah Orne Jewett
"The Queen's Twin" (1899)
"The Foreigner" (1900)
Abraham Cahan
"The Apostate of Chego-Chegg" (1899)
Pauline Hopkins
"Talma Gordon" (1900)
"Bro'r Abr'm Jimson's Wedding" (1901)
W.E.B. DuBois
"On Being Crazy" (1907)WEST
Bret Harte
"An Ingénue of the Sierras" (1893)
Sui Sin Far [Edith Eaton]
"Its Wavering Image" (1912)
"The Wisdom of the New" (1912)
Jack London
"In a Far Country" (1899)
"To the Man on Trail" (1899)
Mary Austin
"The Land of Little Rain" (1903)
Zitkala-Sa [Gertrude Simmons Bonnin]
"The Soft-Hearted Sioux" (1901)
"Iktomi and the Ducks" (1901)
Maria Cristina Mena
"The Vine-Leaf" (1914)
Explanatory Notes
Introduction
Acknowledgments
SOUTH
Joel Chandler Harris
From Nights with Uncle Remus (1883)
Charles Chesnutt
"Dave's Neckliss" (1899)
"The Sheriff's Children" (1899)
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
"The Praline Woman" (1899)
"The Stones of the Village" (1910-1920)
Kate Chopin
"The Story of an Hour" (1894)
"The Storm" (1898)
Mary Noailles Murfee
"The Dancin' Party at Harrison's Cove" (1878)MIDWEST
Gertrude Dorsey Brown[e]
"Scrambled Eggs" (1905)
"The Voice of the Rich Pudding" (1907)
Hamlin Garland
"Up the Coolly" (1893)
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
"Pontiac's Lookout" (1894)
Alexander Lawrence Posey
From "The Fus Fixico Letters" (1903-1905)
Finley Peter Dunne
From Mr. Dooley in Peace and War (1896)
Sherwood Anderson
"Hands" (1919)
NORTHEAST
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
"A New England Nun" (1891)
Sarah Orne Jewett
"The Queen's Twin" (1899)
"The Foreigner" (1900)
Abraham Cahan
"The Apostate of Chego-Chegg" (1899)
Pauline Hopkins
"Talma Gordon" (1900)
"Bro'r Abr'm Jimson's Wedding" (1901)
W.E.B. DuBois
"On Being Crazy" (1907)WEST
Bret Harte
"An Ingénue of the Sierras" (1893)
Sui Sin Far [Edith Eaton]
"Its Wavering Image" (1912)
"The Wisdom of the New" (1912)
Jack London
"In a Far Country" (1899)
"To the Man on Trail" (1899)
Mary Austin
"The Land of Little Rain" (1903)
Zitkala-Sa [Gertrude Simmons Bonnin]
"The Soft-Hearted Sioux" (1901)
"Iktomi and the Ducks" (1901)
Maria Cristina Mena
"The Vine-Leaf" (1914)
Explanatory Notes
For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who have their own stories to tell. These poets delve into history, reimagine the present, examine poetry itself, provide insight on grief and reflection—from traditional poems many know and love to poems and voices that are new and
In honor of Arab American Heritage Month in April, we are sharing books by Arab and Arab American authors that share their culture, history, and personal lives.
