Where the Wild Grape Grows: Selected Writings, 1930-1950

by Dorothy West and Cynthia Davis

Despite her strong associations with Massachusetts--her upbringing in Roxbury, her lifelong connection with Martha's Vineyard, and two novels documenting the Great Migration and the rise and decline of Boston's African American community--Dorothy West (1907-1998) is perhaps best known as a member of the Harlem Renaissance. Between 1927 and 1947, West and her cousin, the poet Helene Johnson, lived in New York City where West attended Columbia University,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558494715
• ISBN13: 9781558494718
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"