MAUREEN HONEY is a professor of English and women’s and gender studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author or editor of numerous works including Shadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and Double-Take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology (both by Rutgers University Press).

"Honey has made a remarkable case for the restoration and addition of these three remarkable women in to their rightful place in the canon." (Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide) "In this biographical and critical study, Honey focuses on three poets she introduced to many with her groundbreaking anthology Shadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance ... Each poet is treated separately and chronologically, and the poems are examined in the context of the writer’s life and of the limits placed on educated, talented women in the early part of the 20th century ... Highly recommended." (Choice) "An excellent book on a trio of under-read and often misunderstood poets. Maureen Honey's portrait of this unique cadre of modernists reveals the fascinating conflicts of politics and poetics that exemplify the Harlem Renaissance's artistic production." - Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (author of Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color) "Maureen Honey’s archival research and critical acumen transform our understanding of Gwendolyn Bennett, Mae Cowdery, and Angelina GrimkÉ, poets who explored their interior and erotic lives with deft lyricism and uncommon courage." - Cheryl A. Wall (author of Women of the Harlem Renaissance)

• List of Illustrations           Acknowledgments1         The Lyric Poetry of Angelina Weld GrimkÉ, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery2         Angelina Weld GrimkÉ’s Sapphic Temple of Desire3         Harlem’s Phoenix: Gwendolyn B. Bennett4        Shattered Mirror: The Failed Promise of Mae V. Cowdery           Epilogue           Appendix A: List of Published Poetry           Appendix B: Selected List of Unpublished Poetry           Notes           Bibliography           Index

MAUREEN HONEY is a professor of English and women’s and gender studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author or editor of numerous works including Shadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and Double-Take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology (both by Rutgers University Press).

"Honey has made a remarkable case for the restoration and addition of these three remarkable women in to their rightful place in the canon." (Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide) "In this biographical and critical study, Honey focuses on three poets she introduced to many with her groundbreaking anthology Shadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance ... Each poet is treated separately and chronologically, and the poems are examined in the context of the writer’s life and of the limits placed on educated, talented women in the early part of the 20th century ... Highly recommended." (Choice) "An excellent book on a trio of under-read and often misunderstood poets. Maureen Honey's portrait of this unique cadre of modernists reveals the fascinating conflicts of politics and poetics that exemplify the Harlem Renaissance's artistic production." - Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (author of Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color) "Maureen Honey’s archival research and critical acumen transform our understanding of Gwendolyn Bennett, Mae Cowdery, and Angelina GrimkÉ, poets who explored their interior and erotic lives with deft lyricism and uncommon courage." - Cheryl A. Wall (author of Women of the Harlem Renaissance)

• List of Illustrations           Acknowledgments1         The Lyric Poetry of Angelina Weld GrimkÉ, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery2         Angelina Weld GrimkÉ’s Sapphic Temple of Desire3         Harlem’s Phoenix: Gwendolyn B. Bennett4        Shattered Mirror: The Failed Promise of Mae V. Cowdery           Epilogue           Appendix A: List of Published Poetry           Appendix B: Selected List of Unpublished Poetry           Notes           Bibliography           Index

MAUREEN HONEY is a professor of English and women’s and gender studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author or editor of numerous works including Shadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and Double-Take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology (both by Rutgers University Press).

"Honey has made a remarkable case for the restoration and addition of these three remarkable women in to their rightful place in the canon." (Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide) "In this biographical and critical study, Honey focuses on three poets she introduced to many with her groundbreaking anthology Shadowed Dreams: Women’s Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance ... Each poet is treated separately and chronologically, and the poems are examined in the context of the writer’s life and of the limits placed on educated, talented women in the early part of the 20th century ... Highly recommended." (Choice) "An excellent book on a trio of under-read and often misunderstood poets. Maureen Honey's portrait of this unique cadre of modernists reveals the fascinating conflicts of politics and poetics that exemplify the Harlem Renaissance's artistic production." - Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (author of Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color) "Maureen Honey’s archival research and critical acumen transform our understanding of Gwendolyn Bennett, Mae Cowdery, and Angelina GrimkÉ, poets who explored their interior and erotic lives with deft lyricism and uncommon courage." - Cheryl A. Wall (author of Women of the Harlem Renaissance)

• List of Illustrations           Acknowledgments1         The Lyric Poetry of Angelina Weld GrimkÉ, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery2         Angelina Weld GrimkÉ’s Sapphic Temple of Desire3         Harlem’s Phoenix: Gwendolyn B. Bennett4        Shattered Mirror: The Failed Promise of Mae V. Cowdery           Epilogue           Appendix A: List of Published Poetry           Appendix B: Selected List of Unpublished Poetry           Notes           Bibliography           Index