CHAPTER 2 Rutgers College (1915–1918)
CHAPTER 3 Courtship and Marriage (1919–1921)
CHAPTER 4 Provincetown Playhouse (1922–1924)
CHAPTER 5 The Harlem Renaissance and the Spirituals (1924–1925)
CHAPTER 6 The Launching of a Career (1925–1927)
CHAPTER 7 Show Boat (1927–1929)
CHAPTER 9 The Discovery of Africa (1932–1934)
CHAPTER 10 Berlin, Moscow, Films (1934–1937)
CHAPTER 11 The Spanish Civil War and Emergent Politics (1938–1939)
CHAPTER 12 The World at War (1940–1942)
CHAPTER 13 The Broadway Othello (1942–1943)
CHAPTER 14 The Apex of Fame (1944–1945)
CHAPTER 15 Postwar Politics (1945–1946)
CHAPTER 16 The Progressive Party (1947–1948)
CHAPTER 17 The Paris Speech and After (1949)
CHAPTER 19 The Right to Travel (1950–1952)
CHAPTER 20 Confinement (1952–1954)
CHAPTER 21 Breakdown (1955–1956)
CHAPTER 22 Resurgence (1957–1958)
CHAPTER 23 Return to Europe (1958–1960)
CHAPTER 24 Broken Health (1961–1964)
CHAPTER 25 Attempted Renewal (1964–1965)