Bessie Smith

Essay 3 is a research essay. 

You must meet ALL of the requirements of the essay:

MLA Format 

Works Cited Page

Thesis statement

2 Full pages not including the works cited page (The Works Cited page is not apart of the two full pages)

In-text citations (minimum of 4 from different sources) Do NOT use WIKI or SparkNotes! Please submit your work to the Virtual Online Writing Center before submitting it if you feel as if you are not a strong writer. 

You will be composing a research essay about one of the authors listed below. Include information about the author's life, work, and contributions to the literary world. You may write about a piece of work from the author as well. 

Essay 3 is due April 26, 2020, at midnight. No late essays will be accepted! No exceptions. 

List of authors to choose from:

Nella Larson

Countee Cullum

Langston Hughes

Bessie Smith (this is the author I chose, so no need to focus on the rest of the authors)

Anne Spencer

Cab Calloway

Raymond Carver

Truman Capote

Flannery O’Connor

Charles Bukowski

William S. Burroughs

Gene Snyder

Allen Ginsberg

Neal Cassidy

James Baldwin

Richard Blanco

Zora Neale Hurston