Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859–1930),
acclaimed African-American novelist and intellectual, was raised in
Boston, Massachusetts and first rose to prominence as a playwright
and performer before later turning to journalism and literature.
Her use of the romantic novel as a medium by which to explore race
and social issues, through works such as Contending Forces: A
Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South, made her a
pioneer of her time. As an editor and director of The Colored
American Magazine, she wielded significant literary and cultural
influence, and went on to write stories and articles for a number
of other magazines.
Patty Nicole Johnson writes sci-fi that envisions
a more equitable society. Her work has been published or is
forthcoming in New American Legends, On the Seawall, Midnight &
Indigo, Constelación and Flame Tree’s Black Sci-Fi Short Stories.
She is also revising her debut novel, The Rhythm of Reveries and
has been a panellist at FIYAHCON. Visit pattynjohnson.com or
Twitter & Instagram at @pattynjohnson.
Dr. Sandra M. Grayson (series Foreword) is a tenured Full Professor in the English Department at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her numerous publications include the books Visions of the Third Millennium: Black Science Fiction Novelists Write the Future; Symbolizing the Past: Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, and Eve’s Bayou as Histories; A Literary Revolution: In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance; and Sparks of Resistance, Flames of Change: Black Communities and Activism.
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