Missing Stones: HP Lovecraft and Sissieretta Jones

In this episode, Caitlin and Frances trade stories about the lives and impoverished deaths of H.P. Lovecraft, the writer, and Sissieretta Jones, the singer. 

HP Lovecraft:

de Camp, L. Sprague. Lovecraft: A Biography. New York: Doubleday, 1975.

Faig, Kenneth W. "The Parents of Howard Phillips Lovecraft". In Joshi, S. T.; Schultz, David E. (eds.). An Epicure in the Terrible: A Centennial Anthology of Essays in Honor of H. P. Lovecraft. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1991.

Joshi, S.T. I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft. New York: Hippocampus Press, 2010.

Lovecraft, H.P. Selected Letters. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1965.

Macrobert, Franch A. "Cosmic Dread: The Astronomy of H. P. Lovecraft,” The FreeLibraryByFarlex. February 1, 2015. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cosmic+dread%3A+the+astronomy+of+H.P.+Lovecraft.-a0396766826

Schweitzer, Darrell. Discovering H. P. Lovecraft. Holicog, PA: Wildside Press, 2001. 

Touponce, William F. Lord Dunsany, H. P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury: Spectral Journeys. Studies in Supernatural Literature. Scarecrow Press, 2013.

Bonus Link:

FindAGrave - HP Lovecraft 

Sissieretta Jones:

Chideya, Farai. News & Notes. “History's Unsung Opera Star.” June 11, 2007. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10948095 

Cooper, Michael. “Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers.” Aug. 15, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/obituaries/sissieretta-jones-overlooked.html  

GoLocalProv Features Team.“RI Music Hall of Fame Announces 2013 Inductees.”  January 21, 2013. https://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/new-ri-music-hall-of-fame-announces-2013-inductees/  

Hudson, R. “From Opera, Minstrelsy and Ragtime to Social Justice: An Overview of African American Performers at Carnegie Hall, 1892-1943.” BlackPast. September 3, 2007. Accessed Jan. 06, 2022. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/opera-minstrelsy-and-ragtime-social-justice-overview-african-american-performers-carneg/

Jess, Tyehimba. “Sissieretta Jones” Olio. Seattle, WA: Wave Books, 2016. 

Jess, Tyehimba. “My Name is Sissieretta Jones” Olio. Seattle, WA: Wave Books, 2016.

Lee, Maureen D. Sissieretta Jones: “The Greatest Singer of Her Race," 1868-1933. Columbia, SC: U of South Carolina Press, 2012.

Story, Rosalyn M. And So I Sing: African American Divas of Opera and Concert. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1990.

Unladylike2020. “Sissieretta Jones was a Trailblazing Black Opera Singer” Directed by Charlotte Mangin and Sandra Rattley. (2020: PBS) https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/first-black-woman-headline-concert-carnegie-hall-wtx97f/14930/# 

Extra Links:

Tyehimba Jess

FindAGrave - Sissieretta Jones 

Support Grace Church Cemetery Restoration Efforts 

Memory Medallion Page Attached to Sissieretta's Grave 

Land Acknowledgment Links:

Illuminatives

Native Governance Center