Aphrodite's Daughters: Three Modernist Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

Bisexual Content: Angelina Weld Grimké and Mae V. Cowdery had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.

Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Grimké, Bennett, and Cowdery were black.

Publisher's Summary: ...a vivid portrait of three African American women—Angelina Weld Grimké, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Mae V. Cowdery—who came from very different backgrounds but converged in late 1920s Harlem to leave a major mark on the literary landscape. She examines the varied ways these poets articulated female sexual desire, ranging from Grimké’s invocation of a Sapphic goddess figure to Cowdery’s frank depiction of bisexual erotics to Bennett’s risky exploration of the borders between sexual pleasure and pain. Yet Honey also considers how they were united in their commitment to the female body as a primary source of meaning, strength, and transcendence.