This file contains a collection of some of Barbara's Poetry. The poems included within this file are as follows: "A Young Wives Tale", "A Song", "Manumission", "Black Introspection Blues", "State of the Art", "Sisterwrite", "Empire", "Fallow Time", "In Solitary", "The Nth Day of Christmas", "The Other", "In My Gift", "Women Talking", "Christine", "September Blue", "Sour Grapes" and "Untitled".
This series contains materials from Barbara's career as an author, including research notes, correspondence, and contracts.
This subseries contains materials Barbara used to research her various pieces of fiction and non-fiction. It includes articles, photocopies of pages of books, leaflets, as well as Babara's own handwritten and typed-up notes.
This file contains a collection of Barbara's typed-up and hand-written notes on different subjects and themes.
A copy of the first chapter of an untitled piece of prose fiction. It is unclear whether or not it is by Barbara. The chapter revolves around the theme of family, focussing particularly on a woman named Beatrice, her cousins and her aunt.
A copy of “Genre and Stereotype”. This is a non-fiction piece by Barbara. It discusses her experience of publishers in Britain and the stereotypes that persist in the literary and publishing world.
Some of Barbara's notes on relationships, sexuality, homopobia and the media. There are 2 copies of these notes.
Some of Barbara's notes on a piece of non-fiction prose she was writing, explaining her motiviations for undertaking the writing project. In the notes she identifies that the final piece will be called either "Young British and Black", "Building Our Own Mirror" or "Part of Me is a Stranger". There are three copies of these notes.
Some of Barbara's notes on Britain's issues with class and race.
A collection of some of Barbara's handwritten notes.