Missing Stones: HP Lovecraft and Sissieretta Jones

Grave Escapes

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