Mary Helen Washington

Mary Helen Washington (born January 21, 1941, in Cleveland, Ohio[1]) is an American literary scholar. She is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of English.[2] Washington is a past president of the American Studies Association.[3]

Mary Helen Washington
Born (1941-01-21) January 21, 1941
Cleveland, Ohio
AwardsCandace Award
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish
Sub-disciplineAfrican American Studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston
University of Maryland, College Park
Notable worksThe Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s

Life

She graduated from Notre Dame College, and from the University of Detroit[1] She taught at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.[4] She is the author of several books of literary and cultural criticism, including The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s.[5] Her book Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women 1860–1960 was a New York Times "Best Book of the Year".[6] She has contributed to the PBS documentary series American Experience.[7]

She is the 1988 recipient of the Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and has received honorary Doctorate degrees from Bridgewater State College, Emmanuel College, Notre Dame College, Regis College, and Marygrove College.[8]

Works
  • Midnight birds : stories by contemporary Black women writers. Garden City, N.Y: Anchor Books. 1980. ISBN 978-0-385-14878-8. OCLC 5726621.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Black-eyed Susans/Midnight birds : stories by and about Black women. New York: Anchor Books. 1990. ISBN 978-0-385-26015-2. OCLC 19975571.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The other blacklist : the African American literary and cultural left of the 1950s. New York New York: Columbia University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-231-15270-9. OCLC 875819059.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. College, Marygrove. "Mary Helen Washington". www.marygrove.edu. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  2. "Washington, Mary Helen". University of Maryland, College Park Department of English. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  3. "Presidents". American Studies Association. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. "Mary Helen Washington, Author Info, Published Books, Bio, Photo, Video, and More". AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  5. Washington, Mary Helen. The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s. Columbia University Press. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  6. "Editor's Choices: The Best Books of 1987". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  7. "Mary Helen Washington". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  8. Mary Helen Washington at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-09-05)


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