Hattie Gossett

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Hattie Gossett is an African-American feminist playwright, poet, and magazine editor.[1] Her work focuses on bolstering the self-esteem of young black women[2].

Gossett gained a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University in 1993, where she was a Yip Harburg Fellow.[1] She was a David Randolph Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at The New School in 2001.[3]

Gossett was "involved in the planning stages" of Essence.[4] She was also an early participant in the Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press collective founded by Audre Lorde and Barbara Smith.[5]

Her poem "between a rock and a hard place" is incorporated into the dance work Shelter by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, as performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater beginning in 1995.[6] She contributed a slave narrative style reading to the Andrea E. Woods dance Rememorabilia, Scraps From Out a Tin Can, Everybody Has Some.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Biography of Hattie Gossett. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  2. ^ 21st century black warrior wimmins chant for strengthening the nerves, retrieved on May 31st 2007.
  3. ^ In the Community: The David Randolph Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Program. The St. Cecelia Chorus. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  4. ^ Evelyn C. White (2004). Alice Walker: A Life. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393058913. 
  5. ^ Alexis De Veaux (2004). Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393019543. 
  6. ^ Jennifer Dunning. "DANCE REVIEW; Men Replace Women In a Classic Ailey Work", The New York Times, December 8, 1995. Retrieved on 2008-04-12. 
  7. ^ Jennifer Dunning. "DANCE IN REVIEW; The Poignant Heritage Of a Black Family", The New York Times, February 9, 1999. Retrieved on 2008-04-12. 
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