Jenny Kirton is a PhD student based in the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield. Her research project, which is funded by the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities, traces themes of burial and resurrection across texts by Suzan-Lori Parks, Marita Bonner, and Toni Morrison. She is particularly interested in creative approaches to historical absences, which endeavour to revise or rewrite the historical record. Jenny is currently working on ‘Women in Lockdown,’ a project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by community archive group: Sheffield Feminist Archive.
This article is adapted from a presentation given at the London Arts and Humanities Partnership postgraduate conference, 21st January 2022 During the Harlem Renaissance period, 1461 S Street, Washington D.C., the […]