Title: All-night party : the women of bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 /
Authors: Barnet, Andrea.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Women New York (State) New York History; Bohemianism New York (State) New York History; New York (N.Y.) History; Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life; New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life
Abstract: "In the early part of the twentieth century, New York City was a hotbed of creativity and scandal. Meet the women at the heart of it. They were poets, actresses, singers, artists, journalists, publishers, baronesses, and benefactresses. They were thinkers and they were drinkers. They eschewed the social conventions expected of them - to become wives and mothers - and decided to live on their own terms. In doing so, they became the voices of a new, fierce feminine spirit."--Jacket.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Cast of characters -- Introduction : Wild in pursuit -- Mina Loy : a modern self-experiment -- Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap : life for art's sake -- Edna St. Vincent Millay : imprisoned in the personal -- Entertaining Bohemia : the hostesses and their salons -- Bessie Smith : 'tain't nobody's business if I do! -- Ethel Waters : am I blue? -- Epilogue : End of the party.