9 0 3 , ▁Gr im ké ▁and ▁her ▁father ▁had ▁a ▁falling ▁out ▁when ▁she ▁told ▁him ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁in ▁love . ▁ ▁Arch ib ald ▁Gr im ké ▁respond ed ▁with ▁an ▁ult imat um ▁demand ing ▁that ▁she ▁choose ▁between ▁her ▁lo ver ▁and ▁himself . ▁ ▁Gr im ké ▁family ▁bi ograph er ▁Mark ▁Perry ▁spec ul ates ▁that ▁the ▁person ▁involved ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁female , ▁and ▁that ▁Arch ib ald ▁may ▁already ▁have ▁been ▁aware ▁of ▁Angel ina ' s ▁sexual ▁lean ing . ▁ ▁Analysis ▁of ▁her ▁work ▁by ▁modern ▁literary ▁critics ▁has ▁provided ▁strong ▁evidence ▁that ▁Gr im ke ▁was ▁a ▁les bian ▁or ▁bis ex ual . ▁Some ▁critics ▁believe ▁this ▁is ▁expressed ▁in ▁her ▁published ▁poetry ▁in ▁a ▁subt le ▁way . ▁Sch ol ars ▁found ▁more ▁evidence ▁after ▁her ▁death ▁when ▁studying ▁her ▁di aries ▁and ▁more ▁explicit ▁un pub lished ▁works . ▁The ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Liter ary ▁Biography : ▁African - American ▁Writ ers ▁Before ▁the ▁Har lem ▁Renaissance ▁states : ▁" In ▁several ▁po ems ▁and ▁in ▁her ▁di aries ▁Gr im ké ▁expressed ▁the ▁fr ustration ▁that ▁her ▁les bian ism ▁created ; ▁th wart ed ▁long ing ▁is ▁a ▁theme ▁in ▁several ▁po ems ." ▁Some ▁of ▁her ▁un pub lished ▁po ems ▁are ▁more ▁explicitly ▁les bian , ▁imp lying ▁that ▁she ▁lived ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁supp ression , ▁" both ▁personal ▁and ▁cre ative ." ▁ ▁Family ▁tree ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Cit ations ▁ ▁Bibli