Bright Skin

by Julia Peterkin, Theodore Rosengarten (Foreword)

Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the full dimensions of human consciousness. In these novels and stories, she tapped the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture the conflicting realities in an African American community and to reveal a grace and courage worthy of black pride.

360 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1998

About the author

Julia Mood Peterkin won Pulitzer Prize for novel with Scarlet Sister Mary in 1929.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine but maybe give Sister Scarlet Mary a read first since it won the Pulitzer