Arthenia Bates Millican Published Works

Novels

  • The Deity Nodded. Harlo Press: Detroit, Michigan, 1973 (As Bates, Arthenia, J.).
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Short fiction, single and collections

  • Seeds Beneath the Snow. Greenwich Book Publishers: 1969 (As Bates, Arthenia, J.). Re-issued by Howard University Press as Seeds Beneath the Snow: Vignettes from the South, 1975.
  • Such Things from the Valley, Norfolk, Virginia, Millican, 1977 (As Bates, Arthenia, J.).
  • Lost Note, 1965.
  • Wake Me Mama, 1971.
  • The Second Stone, 1972.
  • Good Grazin, 1975.
  • Homesick, 1975.
  • Blame it on Adicol, 1975.
  • On Clean Cooking, 1979.

Non-Fiction

  • The Higher Fatality in Madame Bovary, 1959.
  • Sound of the Lyre Off Main Street U.S.A., 1968.
  • The Creative Spirit, 1983.
  • W.E.B Dubois: The Editors Role in Afro-American History, 1984.

Poems

  • Where Will it Be?, Poetry Broadcast, 1946.
  • Voyage End, Poetry Broadcast, 1946.
  • Tell Me, Poetry Broadcast, 1946.
  • Down the Santee River Way, Poetry Broadcast, 1946.
  • Not Love, 1956.
  • Bereft, 1958.
  • I Did Not Call it Love, 1962.
  • To A True Leader, 1957.
  • Admonition, 1958.
  • Surmise, 1958.
  • An Alien from the U.S.A., 1958.
  • Wishes, 1962.
  • Beat Boy, 1963.
  • A Woman's Gift, 1964.
  • The Lord Didn't Give me Much, 1979.
  • Fright, Date Unknown.
  • The Better Part, 1995.

Essays, interviews, and other writings

  • Contributing editor, James Baldwin: A Critical Evaluation publisher and location, 1977.
  • Contributing editor, James Baldwin: A Critical Evaluation publisher and location, 1977.
  • Contributing editor, Sturdy Black Bridges: Visions of Black Women in Literature, publisher and location, 1979.
  • Contributing Editor, Obsidian: Black Literature in Review, 1974-76.
  • Contributing Editor, Callaloo, 1976-84.
  • Owusu, Adimu, The Development of Black Women, An Interview with Arthenia Bates-Millican, Nuance Magazine, Volume 1, Number 7, Baton Rouge, LA 1982.
  • Poetry Broadcast: An Anthology Compiled for Radio Programs, 1946.
  • National Poetry Anthology, 1958, 1962, 1963, and 1973.
  • Rhetoric and Readings for Writing, 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1981.
  • Heath Anthology of American Literature, 1990.
  • Black Women's Blues, 1992.
  • Black Southern Voices, 1992.
  • Louisiana Women Writers, 1992.
  • Literature of the World, 1992.

Periodicals

  • African American Review, pp.25-28, spring, 1993.
  • American Literature Forum, spring, 1968.
  • Baptist Advocate of Baton Rouge, April, 1983; February, 1984.
  • Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, March 13, 1970.
  • Baton Rouge News Leader, February 19, 1959; March 15, 1970; June 14, 1970; August 13, 1973; December 23, 1973; January 13, 1974, January 20, 1974; May 19, 1974.
  • Black World, July, 1971.
  • Chantaqua Daily, July 24, 1962.
  • CLA Journal, March, 1970; December, 1973.
  • Delta, summer, 1970.
  • Essence, July, 1980.
  • Freedom Ways, November 11, 1975.
  • Mahogany of Baton Rouge, June, 1979.
  • MELUS, fall, 1985.
  • Negro Digest, August, 1969.
  • Norfolk Journal and Guide, November 9, 1974.
  • Norfolk-Portsmouth Ledger Star, November 18, 1974.
  • Nuance, March, 1982.
  • Observer (Baker, LA), January 26, 1984.
  • Obsidian: Black American Literature, in Review spring, 1977.
  • Publishers Weekly, November 11, 1974.
  • Southern University Bulletin, September, 1959.
  • Southern University Digest, May 4, 1973.
  • Virginia Pilot, July 4, 1976.
  • Washington Afro-American, June 2, 1970.
Featured Work

The Deity Nodded

The Deity Nodded is the account of a lonely soul searching for God-a deity who is awake to the needs of his black children…
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News & Events

Save the Date: Third Annual Millican Festival

Nationally Acclaimed Poets and Spoken Word Artists Nikky Finney, Kalamu Ya Salaam, & Marjory Wentworth Peform in Sumter and Columbia

February 18th and 19th, 2011
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