On ‘‘Gloria Swanson’’

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. EARLY WORK
7. Sahdji 63
8. Smoke, Lilies and Jade 75
9. Narcissus 87
10. Scheme 88
11. Bastard Song 89
12. Who Asks This Thing? 90
13. Geisha Man (excerpt) 90
14. THE BIBLE STORIES
15. Beyond Where the Star Stood Still 113
16. The Now Discordant Song of Bells 122
17. Slender Length of Beauty 130
18. Tree with Kerioth-Fruit 139
19. HARLEM
20. On Harlem 147
21. The Dark Tower 156
22. GENTLEMAN JIGGER
23. Salt Lake Saga 163
24. Meeting Raymond 168
25. Rent Party 173
26. Negro Art 178
27. Stuartt Gets a Job 184
28. Orini 191
29. HARLEM RENAISSANCE PERSONALITIES
30. On Georgette Harvey 211
31. On Rose McClendon 214
32. On the Dark Tower 217
33. On Blanche Dunn 220
34. On ‘‘Gloria Swanson’’ 221
35. On Alexander Gumby 223
36. On Carl Van Vechten 226
37. IMAGES 231
38. AFTER THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
39. Transition 243
40. Pope Pius the Only 244
41. Lunatique 248
42. You Think to Shame Me 261
43. You See, I Am a Homosexual 266
44. Notes 271
45. Bibliography 279
46. Index 287
47. Credits and Copyright Acknowledgments 290