Margery Bodine Latimer Toomer | |
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 Margery Latimer, undated portrait photo | |
| Born | February 6, 1899 Portage, Wisconsin |
| Died | August 16, 1932 (aged 33) Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer |
| Literary movement | Feminist literature |
| Notable works | We Are Incredible, This is My Body |
| Spouse | Jean Toomer |
| Children | 1 |
Margery Bodine Latimer[1] (February 6, 1899 – August 16, 1932), born in Portage, Wisconsin,[1] was an American novelist and short-story writer. She moved to New York City before finishing college and became involved in its cultural life. Latimer published two highly acclaimed novels, We Are Incredible (1928) and This is My Body (1930), and two collections of short stories, Nellie Bloom and Other Stories (1929), and Guardian Angel and Other Stories (1932). (This was reprinted in new editions in 1971 and 1984.)
Her formally experimental fiction was greatly influenced by the modernism of the 1920s. Reviewers of the period compared her to Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and D. H. Lawrence. Her work reflects feminist, socialist, and anti-racist ideals.