Ann Lane Petry, The Street

A Yemisi Jimoh (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Ed. by A Yemisi Jimoh, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.5: African American Writing and Culture of the United States.
Vol. editors: Philathia Bolton (University of Akron), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), A Yemisi Jimoh (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1946

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Ann Lane Petry always thought of herself as a short story writer. She began writing novels after publishing her first significant piece of fiction in Crisis, the official publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in December of 1943. This story, “On Saturday the Siren Sounds at Noon”, brought Petry to the attention of an editor at Houghton Mifflin who wanted to know if the young writer had a novel and also told her about the literary competition that the publishing house was sponsoring. Although Petry did not have a novel underway, she told the editor that she believed that she could write one. Motivated and encouraged by the notice she had received from Houghton Mifflin, Petry immediately began working and saving enough money so that

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Citation: Jimoh, A Yemisi. "The Street". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 October 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7847, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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