This classic story of a single mother’s struggle against poverty, published in 1946, would become the first novel by a Black woman to sell a million copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-22 04:28:52 UTC ]
The Street is a groundbreaking work of American literature that is as relevant today as when it was published in 1946. When it won Ann Petry the Houghton Mifflin Prize for Debut Writers, the literary world was put on notice. Everyone agreed that the novel was brilliant, but, as is the case with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-06 09:47:44 UTC ]
Virago Modern Classics is publishing two novels by Ann Petry next year, The Street and The Narrows, in a bid to spark "a major reappraisal" of the author's work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-22 08:24:55 UTC ]