Johnson, Georgia Douglas (1880-1966)
The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems.

Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1918.

First edition of Johnson's first book, octavo, bound in publisher's black cloth spine with paper-covered boards lettered in gilt (worn and stained, ink spot to front cover; contemporary inscription to ffep, "To Mabel from John"; spotting and toning, signs of use, 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.

"Georgia Douglas Johnson not only contributed to the New Negro Renaissance as a playwright and poet but she also offered her home on S Street in Washington DC as a meeting place for numerous black artists of the period. [...] Johnson helped to nurture and sustain creative activity by providing a casual setting for Black artists to meet, socialize, discuss their work, and exchange ideas." (Quoted from The Cambridge Companion to American Women Playwrights, ed. Brenda Miller, from chapter 7 by Judith L. Stephens, The Harlem Renaissance and the New Negro Movement, Cambridge University Press, 1999.)

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